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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.

  • 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.

  • NextEnergy reduces IPO target to £85m

    11 April 2014

    NextEnergy Solar Fund today for the second time revised downwards the amount it hopes to raise from its upcoming IPO, blaming the loss of a potential cornerstone investor.

  • NextEnergy Solar Fund attracts more than £100m, but delays IPO

    31 March 2014

    NextEnergy Solar Fund has received demand for shares worth more than £100 million ($167 million) in its planned flotation on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), but has postponed the listing while it finalises the participation of a cornerstone investor.

  • 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.

  • John Laing plans latest UK renewables IPO

    10 February 2014

    John Laing, a UK infrastructure investment company, is seeking to raise at least £160 million ($262 million) for its Environmental Assets Group (JLEN) via a placing and initial public offering (IPO) of shares on the London Stock Exchange.

  • Solar fund targets £150m IPO

    23 January 2014

    One of Europe's largest solar farm managers today revealed plans to become the latest renewables group to tap the public markets.