Overview
Foresight Solar invests in operating UK solar power plants to provide shareholders with a sustainable and increasing income stream through an initial annual 6p dividend [in calendar year 2014] on the issue price of 100p. The Board intends to increase the dividend in line with Retail Price Index (RPI) inflation. The company also aims to preserve capital on a real basis by reinvesting excess cashflow in additional operating UK solar power plants and through prudent use of portfolio leverage.
The Company’s portfolio will consist of ground based, operational solar power plants predominantly in the UK. Investments outside the UK and assets which are still, when acquired, under construction will be limited to 25 per cent. of the Gross Asset Value of the Company, calculated at the time of investment.
Power purchase agreements (PPA) will be entered into between each of the individual solar power plant SPVs in its portfolio and creditworthy offtakers in the UK. Under the PPAs, the SPVs will sell solar generated electricity and green benefits to the designated offtaker. The Company may retain exposure to UK power prices through PPAs that avoid mechanisms, such as fixed prices or price floors.
The fund’s website can be found here.
You can view our interviews with the company’s Fund Managers below:
21st October 2022: Ross Driver – Weekly Show
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06 Apr 2023 82 min read
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21 Oct 2022 1 min read
Interview with Ross Driver from Foresight Solar Fund
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06 Oct 2022 111 min read
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07 Apr 2020 5 min read
QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – April 2020
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05 Apr 2019 4 min read
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16 Oct 2018 2 min read
Quarterly Investment Companies Roundup – Third Quarter 2018
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14 Sep 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – September 2018
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18 Jul 2018 2 min read
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11 May 2018 1 min read
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18 Apr 2018 1 min read
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13 Mar 2018 1 min read
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11 Dec 2017 2 min read
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19 Oct 2017 1 min read
Quarterly investment companies roundup – Third quarter 2017
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12 Oct 2017 1 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – October 2017
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14 Sep 2017 2 min read
QuotedData’s economic round up – September 2017
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10 Apr 2017 1 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – April 2017
Our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of February 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. April Investment Companies Roundup
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15 Mar 2017 1 min read
QuotedData’s round up of views on the global economy – March 2017
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QuotedData investment companies roundup – March 2017
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07 Dec 2016 1 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – December 2016
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13 Oct 2016 1 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – October 2016
Our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of September 2016. october-investment-companies-roundup
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18 Sep 2024 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 18 September 2024 – SGRO, FSFL, MGCI
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08 Aug 2024 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 8 August 2024 – AIE, FSFL, ATT, IHR, RGL, AIRE, CREI
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13 Jun 2024 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 13 June 2024 – RTW, FAIR, FSFL, DGI9
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 13 June 2024: RTW Biotech Opportunities (RTW) says its largest (13.4% of the portfolio) holding, Avidity Biosciences Inc. has announced positive initial data from its Phase 1/2 trial of AOC 1020, an investigational therapy that targets DUX4, the root cause of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). AOC 1020 demonstrated unprecedented and consistent […]
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13 May 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 13 May 2024 – ROOF, GRID, JZCP, FSFL
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12 Mar 2024 1 min read
Higher rates impact on Foresight Solar NAV
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08 Feb 2024 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 8 February 2024 – DGI9, BIPS, APAX, SYNC, HEIT, SHIP, AIRE, HLCL
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06 Dec 2023 2 min read
Falling land prices weigh on Foresight Sustainable Forestry
Foresight Sustainable Forestry (FSF) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2023. NAV fell 6.3% for the year while shares were down 23%. The company noted that the key driver of the reduction in NAV per share has been the decline in land values, which was impacted by a significant reduction […]
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16 Nov 2023 1 min read
Foresight Solar sells stake in Spanish portfolio
Foresight Solar has sold a 50% stake in its Lorca portfolio in Spain to a specialist Luxembourg-based fund advised by EB-Sustainable Investment Management (EB-SIM), a subsidiary of Evangelische Bank for €26.9m. That price represents a 21% premium to their third quarter holding value and an exit IRR of 12.1% on funds invested to date in […]
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20 Sep 2023 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 20 September 2023 – FSFL, RHM
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 20 September 2023: Foresight Solar (FSFL) announced the appointment of Lynn Cleary as an independent non-executive director with effect from 18 September 2023. Lynn spent 17 years as CFO and managing director of strategic programmes for The Royal Bank of Scotland International and is currently the president of the Jersey Bankers […]
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14 Sep 2023 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 14 September 2023 – CGL, SONG, RTW, FSFL, ASCI, BHMG, BCPT
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09 Aug 2023 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 9 August 2023 – VEIL, AIRE, LABS, IHR, API, FSFL
Vietnam Enterprise Investments (VEIL) announced an update for Q2. NAV increased 4.6% over the period against a rise of 5.2% for its reference index, the Vietnam Index. In H1 2023, VEIL’s NAV increased 10.3% against a rise of 12.2% for the VNI. All in total return US dollar terms. Alternative Income REIT (AIRE) announced that it […]
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04 May 2023 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 May 2023
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 May 2023: AVI Japan Opportunity (AJOT) has appointed Singer Capital Markets Securities to manage an irrevocable share repurchase programme to buy back ordinary shares within certain pre-set parameters. The programme started yesterday and will run until 30 June 2023. Foresight Solar Fund (FSFL) is using £10m of cash to fund […]
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23 Mar 2023 2 min read
Foresight Solar secures Spanish solar development rights
Foresight Solar Fund has secured a pipeline of development-stage solar farms with a total potential capacity of 467MWp. The entire project rights have been secured from Grupo Cuerva, a renewable energy company and distribution network operator, and another Spanish developer. This strategic investment – codenamed “Project Lynx” – is located across the south and east […]
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15 Mar 2023 2 min read
Impressive year for Foresight Solar Fund
Foresight closed out an impressive year as NAV per share rose 16.9%. The shares also returned almost 17% and while the company doesn’t reference a benchmark, returns are well in excess of global market indices. While the headline numbers are strong, the company did benefit to a certain extent from timing as the calendar year […]
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24 Nov 2022 3 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 November 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 November 2022: Foresight Solar Fund (FSFL) says that the net impact of the new electricity generator levy on its NAV is to reduce it by 0.8p. As other funds did, it applied discounts to the blended power forecasts as at 30 September 2022. To reflect the uncertainty surrounding the likely […]
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17 Nov 2022 1 min read
45% windfall tax on renewable electricity from 1 January 2023
45% windfall tax on renewable electricity from 1 January 2023 A new electricity generator levy will come into force from 1 January 2023 and run until 31 March 2028. The levy will be a new 45% tax on extraordinary revenues above a pre-crisis price baseline of £75 per MWh made by certain renewable, nuclear and […]
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30 Sep 2022 1 min read
JLEN and Foresight Solar announce purchase of a 49.9MW battery project
JLEN Environmental Assets (JLEN) and Foresight Solar (FSFL) have announced the acquisition of Gigabox No 4 Limited, which holds the development rights to construct a 49.9MW lithium-ion battery energy storage plant based in Angus, Scotland. Both parties are taking a 50% equity stake in the project which will see each of them invest up to […]
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15 Sep 2022 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 15 September 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 15 September 2022, the news is dominated by interim results statements: Downing Renewables and Infrastructure (DORE) has made a great start to the year as it reports an NAV of 115.9p at end June 2022 and a total return for the first six months of the year of 14.1%. The portfolio […]
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02 Aug 2022 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 August 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 August 2022: Ed Warner, OBE has been appointed chair of JLEN Environmental Assets with effect from 2 August 2022, succeeding Richard Morse who stepped down on 15 July 2022. Ed brings extensive financial services experience from his time spent in senior positions at several investment banks and financial institutions, including […]
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25 May 2022 2 min read
Foresight Solar proposes policy change to allow investment in development stage assets
Foresight Solar proposes policy change to allow investment in development stage assets – Foresight Solar (FSFL) has proposed changes to its investment policy to allow it to invest up to 5% of its gross asset value into development stage assets, being solar or battery storage system opportunities that are pre-construction and may not have secured […]
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24 May 2022 1 min read
Renewable energy funds hit by windfall tax rumour
A story in today’s Financial Times seems to have triggered a slide in the share prices of a number of renewable energy companies. Rishi Sunak is said to be exploring the possibility of a windfall tax on all energy generating companies, including those in the renewable energy sector, as well as oil and gas companies. […]
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11 Apr 2022 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 11 April 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 11 April 2022: Foresight Solar (FSFL) has reached final approval for the portfolio refinance of the Oakey 1 Solar Farm (O1) and Longreach Solar Farm (LR) portfolios with ANZ and Deutsche Bank for a term facility of approximately A$59m plus a debt service reserve facility of approximately A$1m. The portfolio will […]
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29 Mar 2022 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 29 March 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 29 March 2022 Pershing Square (PSH) is to start paying an enhanced dividend; beginning with the second quarter dividend and for the remainder of the calendar year 2022, the company will increase its quarterly dividend by 25% to $0.125 per share. The intended policy in future years will be to pay […]
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09 Mar 2022 2 min read
Foresight Solar achieves strong performance following its first battery storage investment
Foresight Solar achieves strong performance following its first battery storage investment – Foresight Solar (FSFL) has posted its full-year results for the 12 months to 31 December 2021. During the period under review, its NAV increased to £660.0m, driven by strong UK power prices, above budget inflation and a reduction in discount rates, resulting in […]
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10 Feb 2022 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 10 February 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 10 February 2022: Odyssean’s (OIT) response to yesterday’s announcement by Strategic Equity Capital is that it “believes that the SEC Proposals represent a missed opportunity to create a leading and growing, premium investment trust of greater scale differentiated from the wider UK small cap sector.” There’s no indication that it intends […]
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04 Jan 2022 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 January 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 January 2022: Foresight Solar Fund (FSFL) has taken its holdings in the Oakey 1 (30 MW) and Longreach (17 MW) solar farms in Queensland, Australia up to 100%. The fund bought a 49% stake in each farm in December 2017 and has acquired the remaining 51% in each from Canadian […]
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13 Dec 2021 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 13 December 2021
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16 Sep 2021 3 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 16 September 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 16 September 2021: GCP Asset Backed Income says that on 15 September 2021 certain entities within what it terms “the Co-living Group” were placed into administration. We highlighted the fund’s problems with this loan on Monday. GCP Asset Backed Income, its co-lenders and an operator have formed a syndicate to fund […]
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03 Aug 2021 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 August 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 August 2021: Vietnam Holding (VNH) proposes to hold a tender for up to 30% of its issued share capital. To be eligible to participate, shareholders must have owned the share on 2 August. Shareholders will be asked to approve the tender at a meeting scheduled for 31 August 2021 and payment […]
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04 May 2021 2 min read
JLEN Environmental Assets and Foresight Solar team-up in grid-scale battery investment
JLEN Environmental Assets (JLEN) and Foresight Solar Fund (FSFL) have reached acquired 50% equity stakes in Sandridge Battery Storage (SBSL). SBSL holds the development rights to construct the Sandridge Battery Storage project, a 50MW lithium-ion battery energy storage plant. based in Melksham in Wiltshire, UK. JLEN and FSFL, both of whom are managed by Foresight, will each […]
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09 Mar 2021 1 min read
Power price hit to Foresight NAV
Power price hit to Foresight NAV – Foresight Solar Partners has announced results for the year ended 31 December 2020. Highlights are: Global portfolio generated 969,564 MWh of clean electricity. This is enough to power 334,000 homes and helped to avoid 749,000 tonnes of carbon emissions. The NAV fell to £582.2m (31 Dec 2019: £628.0m) and […]
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28 Jan 2021 2 min read
Foresight Solar wants battery access
Foresight Solar wants battery access – Foresight Solar Fund Limited plan to ask shareholders to approve a change to the company’s investment policy, to allow for up to 10% of the gross asset value (at the time of investment) to be invested into utility scale battery storage system opportunities. The majority of these are currently intended to […]
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04 Jan 2021 1 min read
Foresight Solar buys three-asset 98.5 MW Spanish portfolio
Foresight Solar (FSFL) announces the acquisition of a portfolio of three greenfield solar assets in Spain. The 98.5 MW portfolio comprises three subsidy-free greenfield assets situated in the Andalusia region, Spain. FSFL says that total expected transaction costs are expected to come to €72m once construction is completed and include the acquisition of development rights for […]
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07 Sep 2020 1 min read
Foresight Solar strikes 26.1 MW subsidy-free Spain deal
Foresight Solar (FSFL) has this morning announced the acquisition of its first solar asset in Spain. The 26.1 MW Virgen del Carmen asset, based in Huelva, in the south-west of Spain, is the fund’s first acquisition in continental Europe and also represents Foresight Solar’s initial investment in subsidy-free solar. At the date of acquisition, the company’s investments […]
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03 Sep 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 September 2020
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27 Mar 2020 1 min read
Foresight Solar updates on covid-19 and reaffirms 2020 dividend target
Foresight Solar (FSFL) has provided an update to investors on its response to the covid-19 outbreak. The takeaweays are: in FY20 there has been no operational disruption linked to covid-19; The Company has conducted a full review of all key service providers. It has confidence in the resilience of their business continuity plans. Foresight has […]
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09 Mar 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 9 March 2020
In QuotedData’s other news 9 March 2020 – Ongoing difficulties in the relationship between Pollen Street Secured Lending (PSSL) and its manager Pollen Street Capital (PSC) continue. PSC has been served notice of the termination of its management agreement (click here to read more). PSC has this morning released a statement (you can access it […]
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26 Feb 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 26 February 2020
In QuotedData’s other news 26 February 2020 – Foresight Solar (FSFL) said that following an internal restructuring at Foresight Group, Foresight Group LLP has replaced Foresight Group CI as investment manager to FSFL. The material terms and fees contained in the new management agreement are the same as in the previous agreement with Foresight CI while […]
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19 Feb 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 19 February 2020
In QuotedData’s other news 19 February 2020 JPMorgan Japan Smaller (JPS) is cutting its management fee – from 1st April 2020, the fee will be charged at 1% on the NAV up to £150m and 0.75% (previously 0.80%) thereafter. Additionally, the £200,000 a year company secretarial fee will be removed from the same date. This is estimated […]
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29 Jan 2020 1 min read
Renewable energy funds under attack from brokers
Renewable energy funds under attack from brokers – Shares in many renewable energy funds slumped yesterday as first Chris Brown of JPMorgan and then Matthew Hose of Jefferies said they were overvalued. Their analysis (which we can’t show you and you can’t get hold of unless you work for a large investment firm and pay […]
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10 Oct 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 10 October 2019
In QuotedData’s other news 10 October 2019 AVI Japan is asking shareholders to approve an issue of up to 14,365,000 shares to Finda Oy, its largest shareholder, as part of a larger placing to be held in November. Tufton Oceanic Assets has agreed to acquire a Containership for $8.75m, taking its fleet to seventeen vessels. The […]
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01 Oct 2019 1 min read
Foresight Solar seeks share placing
Foresight Solar seeks share placing – Foresight Solar (FSFL) announced its intention to issue new ordinary shares of no par value in the company by way of a placing. The placing will be conducted under the company’s remaining shareholder authorities granted at the last AGM to issue up to 54,894,155 ordinary shares on a non-pre-emptive […]
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22 Aug 2019 2 min read
Foresight Solar assets generated 400GWh clean energy over H1
Foresight Solar assets generated 400GWh clean energy over H1 – Foresight Solar (FSFL) has released results covering the six month period to end-June 2019, with financial and operational highlights including: The portfolio generated over 400GWh of clean energy; NAV decreased to £601.5m (31 Dec 2018: £610.3m), being 109.6p per share (31 Dec 2018: 111.2p). This was […]
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05 Aug 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 5 August 2019
In QuotedData’s other news 5 August 2019 Chenavari Toro’s tender offer for 5% of its shares was not taken up in full – just 2.9% of shares were tendered validly – the company will shrink by just under €8m. Foresight Solar has refinanced 312MW of solar farms with a GBP170 million term loan facility, a GBP65 […]
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06 Mar 2019 1 min read
Foresight Solar 2018 results published: Things looking up
Foresight Solar 2018 results published: Things looking up Foresight Solar has announced its results for the 2018 year, and things are looking up. NAV has increased to £610.3m from £481.3m in the previous year, and NAV per share increased to 111.2p from 107.0p (a 4.9% increase in total return terms). This was essentially due to […]
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28 Nov 2018 2 min read
Foresight Solar acquires 11 solar assets
Foresight Solar acquires 11 solar assets- Foresight Solar Fund Limited has announced today that they have acquired 11 operational solar assets which have a total combined capacity of 80.9 MW. They have purchased these assets for £33.1 million, including economic benefit of all cashflow from 1 April 2018. As previously reported on, Foresight is using […]
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26 Nov 2018 1 min read
Foresight Solar’s Australian subcontractor in administration
Foresight Solar’s Australian subcontractor in administration – RCR Tomlinson Limited was contracted by Foresight Solar to provide Engineering Procurement and Construction (“EPC”) and Operations and Maintenance (“O&M”) services to its Longreach and Oakey 1 assets, both located in Queensland, Australia. RCR Tomlinson made an announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange on 22 November 2018 which said that administrators […]
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04 Sep 2018 2 min read
Foresight Solar raising cash to fund acquisition
Foresight Solar raising cash to fund acquisition – Foresight Solar Fund Limited is seeking authority to issue ordinary shares to allow it to fund the acquisition of a portfolio of 10 ground-based, solar power assets in the UK with a total installed capacity of 72MW for a total cost of GBP30.1 million, to reduce the company’s gearing and […]
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06 Aug 2018 2 min read
Foresight Solar buys 15 solar assets
Foresight Solar buys 15 solar assets – Foresight Solar Fund Limited has completed the acquisition of a 100% interest in a portfolio of 15 operational solar assets in the UK with a total installed capacity of 114 MW for approximately £47m, including the benefit of all cash flows from the portfolio since 1 April 2018. This deal […]
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22 Feb 2018 1 min read
FSFL chasing the Sun to the Southern Hemisphere
FSFL chasing the Sun to the Southern Hemisphere – Solar power plant operator Foresight Solar (FSFL) has released its full year’s results to 31st December 2017. The company’s foray into the Australian market, where there are four plants under construction represents their first international acquisitions. Further developments outside the UK are expected. In the report, the […]
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12 Oct 2017 1 min read
Foresight Solar investing in Queensland
Foresight Solar investing in Queensland – Foresight Solar Fund Limited has entered into binding contracts with Canadian Solar Inc., to acquire three construction stage assets in Queensland, Australia, representing 117MW of peak capacity once installed. The assets are Longreach Solar Farm (17 MW), Oakey 1 Solar Farm (30 MW) and Oakey 2 Solar Farm (70 […]
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28 Sep 2017 2 min read
Foresight Solar buys Australian solar farm
Foresight Solar buys Australian solar farm – Foresight Solar Fund Limited has entered into a binding contract to acquire its first asset outside of the UK with a commitment to acquire 48.5% of the share capital of Bannerton Solar Farm in Victoria, Australia. The project will have a peak capacity of 110MWp once operational. KDB Infrastructure […]
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04 Sep 2017 1 min read
Five alternative investments for 5% plus yields
Investors’ insatiable appetite for income has pushed many innovative income funds to lofty premiums, but a host of opportunities remain. Jennifer Hill outlines five routes to pocket in flation-beating income. Investors are on the hunt for alternative sources of income, given the high valuations of many equity markets and poor value in bonds. ‘We’ve been looking […]
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03 Mar 2017 3 min read
Foresight Solar announces Fund raising, placing programme and secondary listing on JSE
Foresight Solar (FSFL) has announced a range of measures. These include its intention to raise in excess of £50 million by way of an Initial Placing and Offer for Subscription, a secondary listing on the main board of the JSE (Johannesburg Stock Exchange) and Private Placement in South Africa. FSFL’s board also says that it […]
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24 Feb 2017 1 min read
Foresight Solar Fund acquires Sandridge solar farm, Wiltshire
Foresight Solar Fund Limited (FSFL) has announced that it has acquired a 100% interest in a 49.6 MW operational UK solar asset, Sandridge solar farm, located in Wiltshire (Sandridge). The acquisition is its second largest to date and its second acquisition of 2017. Accredited for 1.3ROCs Sandridge was connected to the National Grid in March […]
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16 Feb 2017 2 min read
Bournemouth grid outage holds back Foresight’s electricity production
Foresight Solar Fund has announced results for the year ended 31 December 2016. The NAV at the end of the period was 102.9p, the total return on NAV was 7.04% and the return to shareholders 6.58%. The company made profits after tax of £30.7m, equivalent to earnings per share of 10.38p. They say the fund […]
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03 Feb 2017 1 min read
Foresight Solar buys 50MW plant in Flintshire
Foresight Solar Fund has completed its largest acquisition to date with the purchase of a 100% interest in a 50MW alternating current (“AC”) export capacity operational UK solar asset, representing 72MW of installed peak capacity. Shotwick solar farm, located in Flintshire, is the largest operational solar asset in the UK. It was connected to the Grid […]
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01 Nov 2016 1 min read
Foresight Solar Fund acquires the minority stakes in three of its assets
Foresight Solar Fund has announced that it has completed the acquisitions of the remaining minority equity positions in its 10MW Southam Asset (30% minority position acquired), 9MW Paddock Wood asset (41% minority position acquired) and the 15MW Atherstone assets (22% minority position acquired). The company says that the acquisitions are the first from its previously […]
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09 Sep 2016 1 min read
Foresight Solar Fund raises £28.9m from sale of treasury shares
Foresight Solar Fund has announced the results of its placing of 28.2m treasury shares. Then placing, which was originally announced on 5 September 2016, was oversubscribed and £28.9m of gross proceeds have been raised. The fund says that a total of 28,152,143 Ordinary Shares will be sold out of Treasury at the Placing price of […]
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05 Sep 2016 1 min read
Foresight Solar announces proposed placing of 28.2m treasury shares
Foresight Solar Fund has announced a proposed placing of up to 28,152,143 of its ordinary shares, which it currently holds in treasury. The company says that its manager has identified an attractive 200MW pipeline of assets which will support the growth of the Company over the next 12 months and that the net proceeds of […]
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15 Aug 2016 1 min read
Foresight Solar edges ahead despite falling power prices
Foresight Solar Fund Limited has published results for the six months ending 30 June 2016. The NAV per Ordinary Share increased to 99.3 pence from 99.0 pence at 31 December 2015. The increase incorporates a 3.7 per cent. fall due to the continued reduction in their power price forecasts. Foresight has incorporated two further falls in […]
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03 Apr 2016 1 min read
Foresight Solar secures long term finance
Foresight Solar Fund Limited has reached financial close on a £160m long-term debt facility. This facility will wholly refinance their £150m short-term acquisition facility currently in place. The long-term facility will be provided by Macquarie Infrastructure Debt Investment Solutions (“MIDIS”) and Abbey National Treasury Services (“Santander”) as follows: Tranche Amount Tenor Coupon/Margin Fixed-rate […]
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29 Feb 2016 2 min read
Foresight Solar sees slight dip in NAV
Foresight Solar Income Fund is reporting its results for the year ended 31 December 2015. The net asset value dipped a little – from 100.9p to 99p. earnings per share were 5.91p but they are still planning to pay 6.1p of dividends for the year and are targeting a full year dividend for the period […]
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11 Dec 2015 1 min read
Foresight Solar sees Copley connected
Foresight Solar Fund has announced that its 30MW Copley asset (located in Claypole, Newark) has been successfully connection to the Grid and will qualify for the 1.3 Renewable Obligation Certificate banding under the Renewable Obligation 12-month grace period for projects greater than 5MW. Following the connection of Copley, all 16 assets in the Company’s 338MW […]
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23 Sep 2015 1 min read
Foresight Solar completes purchase of 16MW Membury asset
Foresight Solar Fund has announced the completion of its acquisition of the 16MW Membury asset, located in Hungerford, Berkshire. The solar farm was connected to the Grid in March 2015 and has received Renewable Obligation Certificate (“ROC”) accreditation at the rate of 1.4ROCs/MWh. The deal has been funded using the Company’s existing £150m acquisition facility. […]
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27 Aug 2015 1 min read
Foresight Solar completes Wiltshire solar deal
Foresight Solar has announced the completion of its acquisition of the 34.7MW Port Farm asset, located in Wiltshire. The solar farm was connected to the Grid in March 2015 and has received Renewable Obligation Certificate (“ROC”) accreditation at the rate of 1.4ROCs/MWh. The acquisition has increased the Company’s net portfolio of assets to 322MW. The deal has […]
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05 Aug 2015 1 min read
Foresight Solar on track to pay a 6.1p dividend for the current year
Foresight Solar Fund has announced its interim results for the half year ended 30 June 2015. The fund’s NAV increased from £209.8m to £277.9m (24.5%) although NAV per share fell 2.3% from 100.9p to 98.6p. Reported profit for the period was £5.38m and earnings per share was 2.32p. A second quarterly dividend of 1.52p is […]
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24 Jul 2015 1 min read
Foresight Solar buys three more projects
Foresight Solar has announced the acquisition of a portfolio of three operational assets totalling 34MW through a Joint Venture with Big60Million Limited. The 15MW Atherstone and 10MW Southam assets are located in Warwickshire, and the 9MW Paddock Wood asset is located in Kent. All three assets were connected to the Grid in March 2015 and […]
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23 Jul 2015 1 min read
Changes to solar subsidies
The Department for Energy and Climate Change (“DECC”) has announced a series of measures aimed at restricting the subsidies it pays to support renewable energy. The measures include: Removing the guaranteed level of subsidy for biomass conversions and co-firing projects for the duration of the Renewable Obligation, known as grandfathering. Launching a consultation on controlling subsidies for […]
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09 Jul 2015 1 min read
Budget changes to Climate Change Levy hit Renewables
Changes in yesterday’s budget in relation to the Climate Change Levy (removal of Climate Change Levy exemption) for renewable electricity have had a knock-on effect on the net asset values of companies operating in the renewable energy sector as it changes the assumptions used to calculate them. Greencoat UK Wind says it was already factoring […]
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03 Mar 2015 1 min read
Foresight Solar confident despite subsidy reduction
Foresight Solar results for the year ended 31 December 2014 have been released. The net asset value at the end of December was 100.9p – up from 98p post flotation of the company. Two interim dividends of 3p were declared for the year. The fund is now switching to paying quarterly dividends. These will rise […]
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08 Dec 2014 1 min read
Foresight Solar buys UK’s largest solar farm
Foresight Solar is to buy Landmead, the UK’s largest solar farm. Located in East Hanney, Oxfordshire and currently under construction, this 46MWp farm is expected to be grid-connected later this month and so should qualify for a subsidy at a rate of 1.4 ROCs. With this deal, Foresight will now own farms capable of generating 213MWp […]
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25 Sep 2014 1 min read
Foresight Solar plans fund raise to expand portfolio
FSFL : Foresight Solar plans fund raise to expand portfolio Foresight Solar Fund Limited has announced that two of its projects, Bournemouth and Kencot, are now connected to the grid. It has decided to raise £100m now and is also seeking shareholders’ permission to issue a further 200m shares between now and 24 September 2015 as and when […]
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10 Jul 2014 1 min read
FORESIGHT SOLAR FUND : FSFL – on target for a first year dividend of 6.0p
Foresight Solar Fund, which raised £150m in its IPO in October 2013 to develop a portfolio of solar assets in the UK, has announced it’s on track to deliver its target dividend of 6p per share for its first financial year. We expect there will be further announcement from Foresight Solar fund in August. If they get […]
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23 Apr 2014 1 min read
Foresight Solar Fund : FSFL – new solar plant
Foresight Solar Fund has announced that its 16MW Pitworthy plant is now connected to the grid and operational. Also RWE Supply and Trading will finance construction of Foresight Solar Fund’s 37MW Kencot plant and Foresight no longer plans to buy a plant in Deptford that was highlighted as a potential acquisition in the fund’s prospectus. […]
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02 Apr 2014 1 min read
Foresight Solar : FSFL
Foresight Solar is acquiring a 12MW solar plant at Spriggs Farm close to Stansted airport. This was not one of the deals projected to occur in Foresight Solar’s prospectus. The Company says it is now 80% invested and this will shortly rise to 93% with the acquisition of Holsworthy (which was in the prospectus). Foresight Solar […]
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06 Feb 2014 1 min read
Foresight Solar : FSFL – buys new plant
Foresight Solar is buying a 10.7MW solar power plant – Hunters Race on 12.4ha of a former quarry in West Sussex. Altogether FSFL now has 137.4MW of generating capacity across seven plants. Only one 32MW plant, in Leicestershire, is currently delivering energy to the grid. However Castle Eaton and High Penn are expected to be grid connected […]
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27 Jan 2014 1 min read
Foresight Solar : FSFL – trading update
FSFL has announced that it expects all its IPO proceeds to be invested in fully operational and grid connected assets by the end of Q1 2014. The company’s largest asset, Wymeswold in Leicestershire (pictured), is generating electricity at rates 15% ahead of target. Foresight also say that they are on-track to pay the planned 6p per […]
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30 Apr 2024 1 min read
Income investment trusts yielding above 4% and beating inflation
by Kyle Caldwell from interactive investor, 30th April 2024: For income-seeking investors, the ideal scenario is to find a fund with a high yield that delivers inflation-beating dividend growth and produces positive total returns (capital growth and income returns combined). However, ticking all three boxes is hard to consistently achieve, which is reflected in research […]
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11 Jan 2024 1 min read
Investment trust bargains: how to find them and where to look in 2024
by Kyle Caldwell from interactive investor, 11th January 2024: There are various ways to improve the odds of investment success, including having a diversified portfolio, investing over the long term, and rebalancing a couple of times a year. Another one is to keep a close eye on valuations and seek out undervalued areas of the […]
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03 Jan 2024 1 min read
Are investment trust discounts getting out of hand?
by Jennifer Hill from interactive investor, 28th December 2023: Risk-off sentiment has pushed investment trust discounts to historically wide levels and many boards have been proactively trying to address the issue. This year will be a record for share buybacks with almost £3.5 billion of investment trust share buybacks in the first 11 months, data […]
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07 Aug 2023 1 min read
Infrastructure and renewables – big yields, big discounts
Matthew Read, for Investment Week, 4 August 2023: The outlook for the UK equity market feels particularly depressed and it is not hard to see why. Even after June’s better-than-expected inflation figures, core UK inflation remains high, which suggests higher interest rates for longer. Commentators are expecting that the base rate, which at 5.25% is […]
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02 Aug 2023 1 min read
Eight investment trusts that could be takeover targets
by Sam Benstead from interactive investor, 2nd August 2023: Wide investment trust discounts are making them appealing takeover targets, with rumoured or confirmed deals likely to lead to sudden share price jumps… Discounts have widened due to negative sentiment about the economy, and therefore private company valuations, but also due to the impact of higher […]
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15 Mar 2023 1 min read
Investment trust insider on Greencoat UK Wind
Investment trust insider on Greencoat UK Wind – James Carthew: Renewables de-rating won’t last. Funds like UK Wind are too important The end of the month sees a big milestone for the investment companies sector – Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), the first of the renewable energy infrastructure trusts, will be 10 years old. The initial […]
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21 Feb 2023 1 min read
Can energy investment trusts withstand higher rates?
By Val Cipriani, Investors Chronicle, February 17, 2023: For a sector that prides itself on offering attractive yields with an eye on capital preservation, renewable energy trusts have had a bumpy ride over the past few months. Having soared in early 2022 as energy prices spiked, share prices plummeted following the Truss-Kwarteng ‘mini’ Budget in […]
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05 Dec 2022 1 min read
Clearer picture, calmer nerves for renewables?
James Carthew of QuotedData for Investment Week, 5 December 2022: Shifting sentiment has led to a widening of discounts to net asset value across many parts of the investment companies’ industry. One of the more unexpected deratings has occurred within the renewable energy infrastructure sector, despite two thirds of these funds generating double-digit NAV returns […]
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30 Nov 2022 2 min read
Renewable energy infrastructure trusts hold out against extra profits levy
By Val Cipriani, Investors’ Chronicle, November 30 2022: Renewable energy infrastructure trusts are taking a relatively small hit from the electricity generator levy, as its effect on their net asset value (NAV) is offset by high power prices and inflation in the latest round of portfolio updates – but share prices are still recovering quite […]
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12 Jul 2022 1 min read
The best renewable energy infrastructure trusts
By Cherry Reynard, Investors’ Chronicle, July 6, 2022: Amid febrile stock markets, renewable energy infrastructure trusts should be a rare sweet spot. They offer inflation protection at a time of double-digit price rises, high dividends when income is scarce and access to renewables as policymakers strive to decarbonise. They are also exposed to rising power […]
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16 May 2022 1 min read
Are NAV increases on renewable infrastructure trusts here to stay?
Kathleen Gallagher, Investment Week, 11 May 2022: At the beginning of this week (9 May) the JLEN Environmental Assets trust flagged that its Q1 NAV is likely to be 13-15% higher than the end of last year. The trust, and a number of its peers, are sitting on double digit premiums as they benefit from, […]
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15 Mar 2022 1 min read
Investment trust insider talks to Foresight’s Bernard Fairman
Investment trust insider talks to Foresight’s Bernard Fairman – James Carthew: Investors, UK show lack of energy foresight Last week I talked to Bernard Fairman, one of the two co-founders of fund manager Foresight Group (FSG). With two renewable energy funds – Foresight Solar Fund (FSFL) and JLEN Environmental Assets (JLEN) – and the newly […]
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22 Feb 2022 1 min read
Fund and trust ideas to income-boost portfolios to beat inflation
Cherry Reynard from interactive investor 15th February 2022: Four types of funds yield 5% plus. Cherry Reynard runs through the options, risks and potential rewards… In general, there are four types of investment that generate a yield in excess of 5%. The first are conventional equity income strategies… The second type of high-income fund operates at […]
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23 Dec 2021 2 min read
Bargain Hunter: 25 cheap equity trusts towards end of 2021
Kyle Caldwell, interactive investor, 15 December 2021 Some trusts have seen premiums cool, while others are trading on potentially unjustly wide discounts. The pick-up in market volatility of late, amid concerns over rising inflation levels and the emergence last month of the Omicron variant, has led to a welcome increase in potential investment trust discount […]
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23 Feb 2021 1 min read
Investment trust insider on renewables
Investment trust insider on renewables – James Carthew: How the renewables class of 2013 has changed beyond recognition Following the recent new issues and the oversubscribed £198m placing by Greencoat UK Wind (UKW) last week, the now 17 investment companies in the sector have a combined market value of about £10.5bn and are within a […]
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31 Mar 2020 1 min read
Renewable energy infrastructure companies hit by falling power prices
Renewable energy infrastructure companies hit by falling power prices By David Brenchley , Investment Week, 9 March 2020 A fall in power prices that has significantly reduced net asset value (NAV) of renewable energy infrastructure investment companies over the past six months is likely to remain a headwind for a sector that has been popular […]
