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Benoit Allehaut

Managing Director, Global Infrastructure at KKR

New York, NY

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Why they matter

Active KKR principal in North American renewables development partnerships. Useful pipeline-share or co-bid counterpart.

Background

Managing Director on KKR's Global Infrastructure team, focused on sourcing renewable-energy and energy-transition investments in North America. Joined KKR in 2021 as part of a focused build-out of the firm's renewables team alongside Tim Short and Kathleen Lawler. Has been involved in KKR's clean-energy partnerships including Crossover Energy Partners.

Notable deals

  • 2024
    Co-led KKR's announcement of a strategic partnership with Crossover Energy Partners to develop clean-energy projects.
  • 2024
    Helped scale KKR's renewable-asset commitments. ~$20B deployed across renewables over the past decade with ~12.5 GW of generation.
  • 2025
    Co-led KKR's strategic partnership with EGC, a U.S. energy services provider.

Call-prep brief

Background

Benoit is part of the renewables-focused MD trio (with Tim Short and Kathleen Lawler) that KKR built out starting in 2021. KKR's clean-energy portfolio runs ~$20B / 12.5 GW across renewables over the past decade. He focuses on North American sourcing.

What he cares about

  • Development-platform partnerships like Crossover Energy and EGC, where KKR funds a developer rather than buying operating assets.
  • Hybrid solar+storage and grid-scale storage as the next growth tranche.
  • Asset-light origination models. Sponsor partnerships over greenfield risk.

Recent moves

  • Crossover Energy Partners partnership (2024).
  • EGC strategic partnership (2025).

Sensitivities

  • Direct peer fund. Careful framing about competitive vs. complementary dialogue.
  • KKR's clean-energy strategy is platform-and-partnership driven, not asset-by-asset.

Questions to ask

  1. How does he evaluate development-platform partnerships vs. operating-asset acquisitions. What's the threshold to flip from one to the other?
  2. Which sub-segments of grid-scale storage are now bankable to KKR's standards, and which still aren't?
  3. Where does KKR see capacity for partnership with mid-market sponsors like [Firm]?

Outreach draft

Subject
Development-platform partnership thesis
Hi Benoit, I lead clean-energy investing at [Firm]. KKR's development-platform model (Crossover, EGC) is the most interesting structure we're tracking in mid-market renewables, and we'd value a peer-to-peer conversation about how mid-market sponsors fit alongside that model. Would 20 minutes work in the next four weeks? Best regards, [Your name] [Your firm]

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