Archive

  • Bluefield opens £150m equity raise, lines up projects

    03 November 2014

    Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) has lined up a further pipeline of projects it wants to buy as its plans to raise £150 million ($239.9 million) of equity took a major step forward.

  • Foresight equity increase hit by stock market turbulence

    17 October 2014

    Foresight Solar Fund has raised just over £60 million ($97 million) from a placing and offer of new shares which it had hoped might raise £100 million to complete two acquisitions.

  • Funds tilt towards energy efficiency

    10 October 2014

    Concerns over energy security and regulatory pressures are driving leading environmental funds to increase their exposure to companies offering energy efficient products and services. Graham Cooper reports

  • Foresight plans £100m equity raise, with more to follow

    25 September 2014

    Foresight Solar Fund has revealed plans to raise £100 million ($163.8 million) by offering new shares and to return to the market for a similar amount over the following year.

  • Foresight Solar eyes further share sales

    20 August 2014

    Foresight Solar Fund, the UK's largest listed solar energy fund, said it expects to raise further equity capital after assets funded by its existing £100 million ($166 million) debt facility become operational.

  • UK subsidy changes 'to make life more challenging for solar funds'

    27 May 2014

    Proposed changes in the UK's subsidy regime will make life more challenging for recently listed solar funds, a leading consultant at Grant Thornton has warned.

  • Foresight Solar eyes debt facility and aims to double capacity

    07 April 2014

    Foresight Solar Fund is negotiating loan facilities of up to £100 million ($166 million) to finance further acquisitions.

  • SunEdison agrees financing and imminent sale of first UK projects

    03 March 2014

    SunEdison's first UK solar energy projects are due to be operational later this month, the US-based photovoltaics specialist said.

  • A licence to list?

    14 November 2013

    There has been a welcome increase in the number of renewables firms launching IPOs in 2013. But is this promising spate of activity a sign that investor confidence in the sector is finally growing, or will it prove a false dawn, asks Peter Cripps