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  • NextEnergy Solar eyes £260m in new equity capital

    05 November 2014

    NextEnergy Solar Fund is preparing to raise up to £260 million in the next eight days to fund further acquisitions of solar power plants in the UK.

  • 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 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.

  • Greencoat plans £100m equity raise

    23 September 2014

    Greencoat UK Wind this month plans to raise a further £100 million ($163.4 million) through issuing additional equity.

  • Renewables stocks see share prices fall ahead of Scotland referendum

    17 September 2014

    Renewables stocks exposed to Scotland have seen their share prices fall slightly ahead of the country's referendum on independence.

  • Greencoat takes majority stake in four more wind farms

    20 August 2014

    Greencoat UK Wind has bought a majority stake in four UK wind farms from subsidiaries of the New York-listed power company AES, for a total consideration of £90.6 million ($150 million).

  • Greencoat confirms divi, says wind farm market remains attractive

    31 July 2014

    Greencoat UK Wind confirmed it will hit its dividend target, and said the market for buying more wind farms continues to look attractive.

  • Cleantech fund invests €7m in energy efficiency firm

    02 July 2014

    A cleantech and resource efficiency fund has invested €7 million in a firm that specialises in making equipment to improve energy efficiency in buildings.

  • John Laing gets its £160m renewables IPO away

    26 March 2014

    UK infrastructure company John Laing succeeded in publicly listing a renewables fund today, although it took a larger-than-previously-expected stake in the £160 million ($262 million) offering.

  • Renewables IPOs to 'struggle' as London market reaches 'saturation point'

    13 March 2014

    Some of the latest attempts to list renewables vehicles on the London market will fail to get away, or raise as much capital as hoped, as investors warn that the supply of these products begins to outstrip demand.