Archive

  • EF Briefs: Trina Solar, EOS IM, GIB, Foresight

    14 December 2015

    The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) and Foresight Group have invested £1.7 million ($2.6 million) in the construction of an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Northern Ireland.

  • EF BRIEFS: Allianz, Abengoa, Foresight, SEB, Rabobank, EIB

    27 November 2015

    Allianz will cut its holdings in coal-intensive companies in favour of renewable energy, in a move that is expected to affect €4 billion ($4.24 billion) of investments.

  • Bluefield Solar Income Fund 'unaffected' by planned UK subsidy cuts

    26 October 2015

    Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) remains bullish about the UK solar market despite recently-proposed cuts to subsidies for small utility-scale renewable energy.

  • Infracapital takes 70% stake in UK bioenergy group

    06 October 2015

    Infracapital, the infrastructure investment arm of M&G Investments, has committed £160 million ($243 million) to take a 70% stake in the Bioenergy Infrastructure Group (BIG), which has been created to invest in the construction of biomass and energy-from-waste (EfW) plants in the UK.

  • Foresight Solar Fund bullish despite negative UK government legislation

    28 September 2015

    Foresight Solar Fund said the swathe of changes to renewables subsidies unleashed by the UK government in recent months will not hurt its prospects - at least in the medium-term.

  • Foresight Solar raises dividend estimate despite lower NAV/share

    05 August 2015

    Foresight Solar Fund, a London-listed yieldco, said it aims to deliver a full year dividend of 6.10 pence ($0.095), up from an estimate of 6.08p announced in April.

  • Foresight Solar Fund expands acquisition facility to £150m

    24 July 2015

    Foresight Solar Fund, a UK yieldco, has reached agreement with Royal Bank of Scotland and Santander to increase its acquisition facility to £150 million ($232 million) from £120 million.

  • Foresight hits 400MW in UK solar

    06 July 2015

    Foresight Group has bumped its UK solar portfolio up to more than 400MW with its latest acquisition.

  • Foresight Solar plans fresh fundraise as it eyes 100MW pipeline

    18 May 2015

    Foresight Solar Fund is planning another fundraising round next month as it revealed it has secured an exclusive agreement to buy 100MW of assets.

  • Foresight reaches £1bn in solar energy assets

    27 April 2015

    Foresight Group, a UK infrastructure investment company, said it now has £1 billion ($1.5 billion) of solar assets across its institutional and retail funds.