Gore Street Energy to raise funds to speed up development of its portfolio
The energy storage fund said shares will be available to retail investors at the same price via the PrimaryBid.com platform.
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Gore Street Energy Storage Fund PLC is the first UK and Ireland pure play energy storage fund, targeting a 7% yield. Building a diversified portfolio of projects, the Fund already has several operational assets in the portfolio and multiple revenue streams in place. The Fund is overseen by a highly experienced Investment Management Team, with a total of over 75 years of private equity and asset management experience. The investment team's track-record is predominantly focused on energy and infrastructure and also has successfully acquired and managed storage assets in the UK.
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The energy storage fund said shares will be available to retail investors at the same price via the PrimaryBid.com platform.
The company said that two Northern Ireland sites, Mullavilly and Drumkee, are now complete and generating revenue, adding that it has also secured a £15mln revolving credit facility to support its continued growth
Since the last audit at the end of March 2020, the company's NAV has risen from 94.6p per share to 99.6p, an increase of 5.3%
“Gore Street is excited to take part in this service which reinforces the benefits of our revenue stacking model, enabling our assets to participate in multiple contracts to generate significant value,” said Alex O'Cinneide
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Over the six months to end September 2020, the group's net asset value (NAV) per share rose to 97.3p (2019: 94.6p)
The new shares were priced at 100p and will be admitted to trading December. 16, 2020
Following this initial raise, Gore Street intends to issue up to a further 250mln shares
100Mw of the group's Irish portfolio is expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2021
Gore Street has a pipeline of opportunities with a capacity of 1.3Gw
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Fluence has committed to construct the project at a fixed price by a specified completion date and to operate the projects for up to 15 years.
“These cash-generating projects further reinforce the company's dividend cover and materially enhance company earnings".
The dividend for the quarter is 2p, which is in line with the fund’s annual target of 7p.
Renewable assets are all about cashflow and less the underlying NAV
The change will allow larger projects to receive planning permission without government approval
During the year, the trust raised £20.5mln with an additional £23.7mln raised since the end of the year
Alex O'Cinneide, CEO of Gore Street Capital, the company's investment manager said: "The level of investor demand for both the Placing and the PrimaryBid Offer has exceeded our expectations"
The assets include 81Mw of capacity that are already operating and generating cash
The acquisition of this project brings Gore Street's total portfolio size to 239MW, the largest of any UK-based manager, the company noted.