Overview
HydrogenOne Capital Growth’s investment objective is to deliver an attractive level of capital growth by investing, directly or indirectly, in a diversified portfolio of hydrogen and complementary hydrogen focussed assets whilst integrating core ESG principles into its decision making and ownership process.
The company will seek to achieve its investment objective through investment in a diversified portfolio of hydrogen and complementary hydrogen focussed assets, with an expected focus in developed markets in Europe, North America, the GCC and Asia Pacific, comprising: (i) assets that supply clean hydrogen; (ii) large scale energy storage assets, (iii) carbon capture, use and storage assets; (iv) hydrogen distribution infrastructure assets; (v) assets involved in hydrogen supply chains, such as electrolysers and fuel cells; and (vi) businesses that utilise hydrogen applications such as transport, power generation, feedstock and heat
you can access the company’s website here
We have written a couple of notes that provide much more deatiled information on the company
Momentum building despite discount was published on 23 April 2024
The sky is the limit – was published on 17 October 2023
Funding a green revolution – was published on 3 May 2023
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23 Apr 2024 10 min read
HydrogenOne Capital Growth – Momentum building despite discount
HydrogenOne Capital Growth Investment companies | Update | 23 April 2024 Momentum building despite discount The advisor notes that while shares of HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN) have continued to fall, it believes that investors should be buoyed by the ongoing growth of the portfolio and the accelerating development of the green hydrogen sector. The advisor […]
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10 min read
HydrogenOne Capital Growth – Momentum building despite discount
HydrogenOne Capital Growth Investment Companies | Update | 23 April 2024 Momentum building despite discount While shares of HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN) have continued to fall, investors should be buoyed by the ongoing growth of the portfolio and the accelerating development of the green hydrogen sector. Despite challenging macro-economic conditions, HGEN’s NAV grew 5.8% over […]
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10 min read
HydrogenOne Capital Growth – Momentum building despite discount
HydrogenOne Capital Growth Investment companies | Update | 23 April 2024 Momentum building despite discount While shares of HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN) have continued to fall, investors should be buoyed by the ongoing growth of the portfolio and the accelerating development of the green hydrogen sector. Despite challenging macro-economic conditions (including stubborn inflation and still […]
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16 Feb 2024 1 min read
Interview with Richard Hulf from HydrogenOne Capital
In this week’s show, James Carthew spoke to Richard Hulf from HydrogenOne Capital. If you were looking for the first part of QuotedData’s show, focused on the roundup of the week’s news, click here. If there is a guest speaker you’d particularly like to hear from, please email us on [email protected]. Additionally, if you would prefer to […]
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17 Oct 2023 9 min read
HydrogenOne Capital Growth – Sky is the limit for HGEN
HydrogenOne Capital Growth Investment companies | Update | 17 October 2023 Sky is the limit for HGEN It appears that a disconnect has arisen between HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN)’s NAV, current and (according to its managers) prospective track record, and its share price. The discount is now 44%, despite a flat NAV. The recent spike in […]
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10 min read
HydrogenOne Capital Growth – Sky is the limit for HGEN
HydrogenOne Capital Growth Investment companies | Update | 17 October 2023 Sky is the limit for HGEN The disconnect between HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN)’s net asset value (NAV), current and prospective track record, and its share price is hard to rationalise. The recent bond market rout (yields have spiked higher, driving down bond valuations) has added […]
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9 min read
HydrogenOne Capital Growth – Sky is the limit for HGEN
HydrogenOne Capital Growth Investment companies | Update | 17 October 2023 Sky is the limit for HGEN The disconnect between HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN)’s NAV, current and prospective track record and its share price is hard to rationalise. The recent bond rout has added insult to injury for renewable energy investors as higher rates have increased […]
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14 Sep 2023 9 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – September 2023
September 2023 Monthly roundup | Investment companies Kindly sponsored by abrdn Winners and losers in August 2023 Share price total returns for investment companies were generally poor over August, with the best performing sector, Debt – Structured Finance, returning just 2.1%, with only a few sectors managing to eke out a positive total return. Funds […]
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03 May 2023 27 min read
HydrogenOne Capital Growth – Funding a green revolution
HydrogenOne Capital Growth Investment companies | Initiation | 3 May 2023 Funding a green revolution HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN) is the only pure play green hydrogen fund available on the London listed market. It offers diverse exposure to nine exciting private hydrogen investments and a hydrogen production facility that is being developed in Germany. Spurred […]
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26 min read
HydrogenOne Capital Growth – Funding a green revolution
HydrogenOne Capital Growth Investment companies | Initiation | 3 May 2023 Funding a green revolution HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN) is the only pure play green hydrogen fund available on the London listed market. It offers diverse exposure to nine private hydrogen investments and a hydrogen production facility that is being developed in Germany. Spurred on […]
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27 min read
HydrogenOne Capital Growth – Funding a green revolution
HydrogenOne Capital Growth Investment companies | Initiation | 3 May 2023 Funding a green revolution HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN) is the only pure play green (renewables-powered, no carbon dioxide produced) hydrogen fund available on the London listed market. It offers diverse exposure to nine exciting private hydrogen investments and a hydrogen production facility that is […]
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06 Oct 2022 111 min read
QuotedData’s Economic and Political Monthly Roundup October 2022
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20 Nov 2024 1 min read
HydrogenOne’s Sunfire investment gets new 50MW electrolyser contract
As at 30 September 2024, HydrogenOne Capital Growth’s largest investment was in Sunfire GmbH. The trust’s stake represented 25% of its NAV. Sunfire has just announced a new 50-megawatt (MW) electrolyser contract with Ren-Gas, Finland’s hydrogen project developer, at its plant in Tampere. Sunfire will deliver five 10-MW pressurised alkaline electrolysis modules (which HGEN’s manager […]
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14 Nov 2024 2 min read
HydrogenOne is not expecting any recovery from HH2E insolvency
HydrogenOne says the local court of Berlin-Charlottenburg has now approved the applications of HH2E and HH2E Werk Lubmin GmbH for self-administration proceedings. HH2E has also appointed restructuring experts to assist with the self-administration process and to seek a buyer for the business. No recovery of the company’s investment is anticipated through the insolvency process. HydrogenOne […]
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12 Nov 2024 1 min read
Funding boost green hydrogen investment for HGEN
HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN) announced that portfolio company Elcogen has secured a €24.9m grant from the EU Innovation Fund to advance green hydrogen production in Europe. Elcogen will use the grant to support the next phase in further scaling its existing manufacturing capacity of proprietary solid oxide electrolysers, fuel cells and stacks. Founded in 2001, […]
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08 Nov 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 8th November 2024
Thank you to everyone that listened in today on our YouTube channel. In this week’s show, Matthew Read covered the week’s top stories: JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets (01:57) Weiss Korea Opportunity (05:38) Atrato Onsite Energy (08:59) HH2E administration – HydrogenOne Capital Growth and Foresight Environmental Infrastructure (10:31) Supermarket Income REIT (12:25) This week’s interview was with […]
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1 min read
Lack of capital weighs on the development of HydrogenOne Capital Growth
HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN) has provided an update on German green hydrogen project developer, HH2E. HH2E has been undertaking a fundraising exercise in order to go ahead with its first development project, at Lubmin. However, in the challenging current global funding environment, the process has not led to a financing partner being secured within the […]
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16 Sep 2024 3 min read
HydrogenOne Capital Growth continues to make progress
HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN) has published its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2024. During the period, NAV per share increased by 0.6% from 31 December 2023 to 30 June 2024 (102.99p to 103.60p), while total NAV grew by 0.6% from £132.7m to £133.5m and the share price increased by 7.8% over […]
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31 Jul 2024 3 min read
HydrogenOne continues to make solid progress despite discount
HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN) has released a quarterly NAV and portfolio update. Key highlights for the quarter include: Q2 2024 Key Highlights Net Asset Value per share of the company increased by 2.9% since 30 June 2023; Private portfolio companies delivered an aggregate £76m in total revenue in the 12 months to 30 June 2024, […]
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30 Jul 2024 2 min read
HydrogenOne announces new TotalEnergies contract for portfolio company Strohm
HydrogenOne (HGEN) has announced that further to its June 19 capital raise (which you can read about here), portfolio company Strohm, the world’s first and leading thermoplastic composite pipeline technology company, has been awarded a contract by TotalEnergies. This is the largest commercial award for pipe supply in Strohm’s 16-year history, marking Strohm’s entry into […]
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19 Jun 2024 2 min read
HydrogenOne Capital Growth’s Strohm completes €30m capital raise
HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN) has announced that its portfolio company, Strohm Holding B.V. (Strohm), has successfully completed a new €30m (£25m) capital raise. Strohm is the world’s first and leading producer of Thermoplastic Composite Pipe (TCP), which can be used across conventional energy, as well as renewable applications, greatly reducing the associated technology risk. Strohm […]
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08 May 2024 3 min read
HydrogenOne Capital Growth continues to see strong portfolio growth
HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN) provided a Q1 2024 NAV and portfolio update. The company’s NAV per share grew 0.6% from 31 December 2023, and is up 3.6% since 31 March 2023. Notable developments for the quarter included: Continued revenue growth from private portfolio companies, delivering an aggregate £81 million in total revenue in the 12 […]
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18 Apr 2024 2 min read
Discount ignores good progress at HydrogenOne
HydrogenOne Capital Growth has published results for the year ended 31 December 2023. We’ll be publishing a note on these shortly, so here is a quick summary: The NAV increased by 5.8% from £125.4m at 31 December 2022 to £132.7m at 31 December 2023 due to valuation uplifts in multiple portfolio companies. The NAV per […]
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2 min read
HydrogenOne announces HH2E restructuring
HydrogenOne Capital Growth has announced a change to the corporate structure of its invetsment in HH2E (the German developer of hydrogen production plants). HH2E is backed by HydrogenOne and Foresight Group (including JLEN Environmental Assets). They have investments in HH2E itself, and separately into project-specific special purpose vehicles (SPVs) managed by HH2E. HydrogenOne has invested […]
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03 Apr 2024 2 min read
HydrogenOne announces strategic investment
HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN) has announced a strategic investment by Baker Hughes in portfolio company Elcogen AS as part of an overall funding package totalling €140 million. This funding will be used to continue to scale up Elcogen’s leading solid oxide cell technology for green hydrogen. HGEN noted that the investment by Baker Hughes, which […]
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05 Mar 2024 2 min read
HydrogenOne’s Sunfire gets €0.5bn of new funding
HydrogenOne Capital Growth notes that its portfolio company Sunfire GmbH has announced a successful equity funding round, part of a wider funding package totalling more than €500m. The investment adviser believes this is a significant financial milestone for Sunfire, with €215m raised in a Series E equity financing round, further complemented by a term loan […]
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07 Feb 2024 1 min read
HydrogenOne provides market update
HydrogenOne (HGEN) has announced an update for Q4, with NAV increasing 1.6% over the 3 month period to December 31 2023. This marks a total NAV return of 5.8% for the year. The company highlighted the ongoing growth of its portfolio, which delivered an aggregate £74m over the 12 months to 31 December 2023, an […]
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22 Dec 2023 3 min read
QD – review of the year
This is the last of our weekly emails for 2023. We hope that you have been finding them useful. We will be publishing our annual roundup in January. Ahead of that however, I thought it might be worth pulling out a few of the year’s highs and lows. In January, China’s market shone as hopes […]
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14 Nov 2023 1 min read
HydrogenOne Capital Growth provides Q3 update
HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN) has provided an update for the third quarter. NAV growth was flat over the three months to September 30, however was up 5.1% over the same period last year, a solid return given broader macro economic headwinds. HGEN has also continued to deliver strong revenue growth with its underlying portfolio companies […]
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12 Oct 2023 1 min read
HydrogenOne says Cranfield working on hydrogen-powered drones
HydrogenOne Capital Growth says that its portfolio company Cranfield Aerospace Solutions has announced a new route to market for its hydrogen fuel cell (HFC) propulsion system, with Dronamics, the world’s first cargo drone airline. Cranfield Aerospace and Dronamics have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to further progress the application of the Cranfield Aerospace’s HFC propulsion […]
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11 Oct 2023 2 min read
Strategic investment update for HydrogenOne
HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN) portfolio company Elcogen has announced a strategic investment for €45 million by Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering which is a member of HD Hyundai Group. The investment by HD Hyundai underscores both the company’s strategy of backing the leading innovators in the hydrogen industry, and its valuation of Elcogen. HD Hyundai’s […]
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10 Oct 2023 1 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Trust Forum 2023
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1 min read
Progress update for HydrogenOne
HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN) announced that portfolio company Gen2 Energy has signed a transaction term sheet with integrated midstream energy company SEFE Securing Energy for Europe GmbH for the delivery of green hydrogen to Germany in the event that Gen2’s planned production plant in Mosjøen proceeds. The transaction term sheet defines the terms and conditions […]
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22 Sep 2023 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news update 22nd September 2023
Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live, on Facebook or on YouTube. In this week’s show, Matthew Read covered the week’s top stories: • HICL Infrastructure (0:25) • GCP Infrastructure/GCP Asset Backed Income (2:24) • HydrogenOne Capital Growth (7:46) • Nippon Active Value (12:00) • Pollen Street (13:22) […]
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20 Sep 2023 3 min read
HGEN sees progress despite share performance
HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN) has announced its half yearly report for the period ended June 30 2023. NAV increased by 3.4% from £125.4 million at 31 December 2022 to £129.7 million at 30 June 2023. The share price has declined by 19.7% in the same period. The company’s current discount sits at 47%. Despite the […]
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29 Aug 2023 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 29 August 2023 – BOOK, HGEN, JADE, BYG
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11 Aug 2023 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 11th August 2023
Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live, on Facebook or on YouTube. In this week’s show, James Carthew covered the week’s top stories: • GCP Infrastructure / GCP Asset Backed Income / RM Infrastructure (0:40) • Nippon Active Value / Atlantis Japan Growth (13:56) • HydrogenOne Capital Growth […]
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07 Aug 2023 2 min read
HydrogenOne reports over 100% growth in its underlying revenues
HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN) has just completed its Q2 investors’ update, in advance of its forthcoming interim results. The general tone of the update is one of positivity, as HGEN’s holdings begin to deliver strong revenue growth as the trust starts to mature. HGEN generated a NAV growth of 4% year on year, and 0.4% […]
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04 Aug 2023 1 min read
The Bluffer’s Guide to Hydrogen
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28 Jul 2023 3 min read
QD view – The new reality for renewables
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12 May 2023 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 12th May 2023
Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live, on Facebook or on YouTube. In this week’s show, Matthew Reed and Richard Williams covered the week’s top stories: Update on Renewables Octopus Renewables Infrastructure (1:30) Bluefield Solar (6:13) NextEnergy Solar (7:18) HydrogenOne (9:36) US Solar no longer up for sale […]
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10 May 2023 1 min read
HydrogenOne portfolio continues to perform despite widening discount
HydrogenOne announced its quarterly net asset value and portfolio update for the period ended 31 March 2023. The company NAV grew 2.8% over the quarter and is up 3.3% year on year. Despite the positive NAV returns, shares were down more than 40%, although they are up 24% since the beginning of May. Some of […]
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21 Apr 2023 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 21st April 2023
Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live, on Facebook or on YouTube. In this week’s show, James Carthew covered the week’s top stories: • HydrogenOne (1:04) • RTW Venture Fund (6:22) • Triple Point Social Housing REIT / Civitas Social Housing (8:01) This week’s interview was with Jean Roche […]
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2 min read
HydrogenOne Capital Growth’s Cranfield Aerospace Solutions to merge with Britten-Norman
HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN) has announced that it and its co-investors have signed a Heads of Terms agreement, signaling their intention to merge Cranfield Aerospace Solutions Limited (CAeS) with Britten-Normen and to create the world’s first fully integrated, zero-emissions sub regional aircraft for entry into service in 2026. HGEN describes this as an industry first […]
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04 Apr 2023 2 min read
Plenty of upside for HydrogenOne
HydrogenOne (HGEN) announced results for the year ended December 31 2022. NAV growth was strong, up 21.9% year on year, however, this was offset by a 33.6% drop in the share price. While the underlying health of the company has remained solid, the discount has continued to widen, falling to around 50% at the last […]
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29 Mar 2023 1 min read
HydrogenOne Capital Growth provides portfolio update
The directors of HydrogenOne, the first London-listed fund investing in clean hydrogen for a positive environmental impact, continue to monitor wider market events including the current share price volatility in the market price of its shares. The board is not aware of company-specific factors that have led to the recent decline in the share price. […]
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24 Feb 2023 7 min read
QD view – In search of storage solutions
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27 Jan 2023 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 27th January 2023
Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live, on Facebook or on YouTube. In this week’s show, James Carthew covered the week’s top stories: • JLEN / HydrogenOne (0:42) • US Solar Fund (9:27) • Henderson Eurotrust (10:33) This week’s interview was with Eileen Fargis from Ecofin US Renewables […]
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26 Jan 2023 1 min read
JLEN and HydrogenOne investing in green hydrogen
JLEN Environmental Assets and HydrogenOne Capital Growth are making their first investments into the green hydrogen sector. JLEN is buying a 33% equity stake in Foresight Hydrogen Holdco GmbH. Foresight Hydrogen Holdco holds a 75% stake in HH2E Werk Thierbach GmbH, a Special Purpose Vehicle which owns the development rights to the Thierbach green hydrogen […]
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15 Dec 2022 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 15 December 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 15 December 2022: HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN) is making an investment of €1.25m in Strohm Holding B.V. This follows on from its 12 August 2022, €10m investment. This funding round enabled Strohm, the world’s first and leading producer of Thermoplastic Composite Pipe (TCP) to accelerate the expansion of its manufacturing operations. […]
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16 Nov 2022 1 min read
HydrogenOne is an Article 9 fund
HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN) has announced that it is now classified as an Article 9 Fund under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and EU Taxonomy Regulation (EU Taxonomy). The Article 9 classification means that HGEN has a sustainable investment objective and will be reporting greenhouse gas emissions and avoided greenhouse gas emissions on […]
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12 Aug 2022 1 min read
HydrogenOne backs Strohm pipeline business
HydrogenOne Capital Growth is making an investment of £8.4m (EUR 10m) in Strohm Holding B.V. HydrogenOne is investing alongside Strohm’s existing investors Shell Ventures, Chevron Technology Ventures and Evonik Venture Capital, in the first close of a funding round totalling £11.8m (EUR 14m). HydrogenOne may also invest up to a further £1.7m (EUR 2m) in […]
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20 May 2022 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 20th May 2022
Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live, on Facebook or on YouTube. In this week’s show, James Carthew covered the week’s top stories: • Scottish Mortgage • HydrogenOne This week’s interview was with James Thom of Aberdeen New Dawn – watch it again here.
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16 May 2022 1 min read
HydrogenOne Capital Growth buys second clean hydrogen developer business
HydrogenOne Capital Growth buys second clean hydrogen developer business – HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN) has signed definitive agreements for an investment of £5m (EUR 6m) in HH2E AG, alongside funds managed by Foresight Group, as part of a funding round expected to total at least £10m (EUR 12m). HydrogenOne and Foresight have also signed a […]
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09 May 2022 2 min read
HydrogenOne Capital Growth buys minority stake in fuel cell and electrolyser Elcogen
HydrogenOne Capital Growth buys minority stake in fuel cell and electrolyser Elcogen – HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN) has signed definitive agreements for an investment of £20m (EUR 24m) in Elcogen, whose shareholders include Biofuel OÜ, and VNTM Powerfund II, a technology fund focused on clean power. With this purchase of a minority equity stake, HGEN […]
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05 May 2022 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 5 May 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 5 May 2022: HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN) says that Roger Bell is stepping down with immediate effect from its board. He will not be seeking election at the company’s first AGM on 24 May 2022. Roger was the representative of INEOS UK E&P Holdings Limited (INEOS Energy) on the board. Changes […]
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08 Apr 2022 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 8th April 2022
Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live, on Facebook or on YouTube. In this week’s show, Jayna Rana covered the week’s top stories: Fundraising HydrogenOne Capital Growth Supermarket Income REIT International Public Partnerships Portfolio updates Gresham House Energy Storage NextEnergy Solar Cordiant Global Agriculture Income This week’s interview […]
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2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 8 April 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 8 April 2022: HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN) has announced that its placing, which was previously announced on 4 April 2022, has raised gross proceeds of £21.5 million via the issue of 21,469,999 New Ordinary Shares at a price of 100 pence per New Ordinary Share. The Placing was well supported by new […]
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04 Apr 2022 2 min read
HydrogenOne Capital Growth announces placing to fund immediate £45m pipeline
HydrogenOne Capital Growth announces placing to fund immediate £45m pipeline – HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN) has announced a placing of new ordinary shares in the company at a price of 100 pence per share, representing an attractive discount to the prevailing share price and a premium to the latest NAV per share as at 31 […]
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24 Mar 2022 1 min read
HydrogenOne backs Cranfield Aerospace
HydrogenOne backs Cranfield Aerospace – HydrogenOne Capital Growth and Safran Corporate Ventures have signed definitive agreements for a common investment in Cranfield Aerospace Solutions as part of a more than £10m funding round. HydrogenOne is investing £7m in this funding round. With this purchase of a minority equity stake, each company has the right to a […]
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03 Mar 2022 1 min read
HydrogenOne buys Norwegian hydrogen supply project
HydrogenOne is investing £3.3m (NOK40m) in Gen2 Energy AS as part of a funding round expected to total at least NOK140m. With this purchase of a minority equity stake, HydrogenOne has the right to a board seat at Gen2, and the potential to co-invest in Gen2’s projects. Gen2 was established in 2019, with the ambition to […]
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14 Feb 2022 1 min read
HydrogenOne Capital Growth invests in Bramble Energy Limited
HydrogenOne Capital Growth invests in Bramble Energy Limited – HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN) has signed definitive agreements for an investment of £10m in Bramble Energy Limited as part of their Series B funding round. With this purchase of a minority equity stake, HydrogenOne has the right to a board seat at Bramble. HydrogenOne’s investment in […]
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14 Jan 2022 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 14th January 2022
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13 Jan 2022 1 min read
HydrogenOne looking for more money
HydrogenOne looking for more money – HydrogenOne Capital Growth launched in July 2021, raising £107m. It is excited about progress in the development of its sector. It highlights policies such as the phase out of diesel in UK heavy goods vehicles by 2035-40 as one of many similar policy shifts that further support the hydrogen […]
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07 Dec 2021 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 7 December 2021
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29 Nov 2021 3 min read
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In QuotedData’s morning briefing 29 November 2021: Chrysalis (CHRY) has agreed with its manager, Jupiter, to settle 54% of the performance fee which will be paid to Jupiter for the period to 30 September 2021 in ordinary shares, while the remaining 46% will be settled in cash. The issue price of the shares is expected […]
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18 Oct 2021 1 min read
HydrogenOne backs Sunfire
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03 Sep 2021 2 min read
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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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15 Nov 2021 1 min read
Investment trust insider on US versus UK closed-end funds
Investment trust insider on US versus UK closed-end funds – James Carthew: Higher governance standards help UK beat US in closed-end funds The flood of fresh money streaming into the investment companies sector is incredible. I was chatting to investors, directors and journalists at an event to mark the third anniversary of AVI Japan Opportunities […]
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Renewable trust NAV declines are unnerving some investors
QuotedData’s James Carthew looks at how declining forecasts of long-term power prices are impacting renewable investment trusts ESGClarity, 15 November 2021 / Opinion Following a successful £210m new issue from Harmony Energy Income, there are now 20 companies in the AIC’s renewable energy sector and at least two more – Atrato Onsite Energy and ThomasLloyd Energy […]
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The alternative trusts allowing investors to capture new trends
Investment trusts enjoy record year for fundraising as they back a new wave of innovation November 11, 2021, Investors Chronicle, By Mary McDougall Investment trust fundraising amounted to £11.4bn in the first 10 months of the year, a record for the ancient fund structure which is now financing a new wave of innovation. Most striking is the […]
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20 Sep 2021 1 min read
Investment trust insider on HydrogenOne
Investment trust insider on HydrogenOne – James Carthew: HydrogenOne needs to get a move on Last week I looked at Blackfinch Renewable European Income (BRET) which is the latest fund aiming to enter the renewable energy sector. The last fund to launch in that area was HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN), which raised just over £107m […]
