Greencoat UK Wind to buy two Scottish wind farms for a combined £104mln
Windy Rig and Twentyshilling, in Dumfries & Galloway, will produce 81 megawatts of power
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Greencoat UK Wind PLC
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Greencoat UK Wind PLC is the leading listed renewable infrastructure fund, invested in operating UK wind farms. The fund is a constituent of the FTSE 250 and has a market capitalisation of approximately c.£3.2bn.
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Greencoat UK Wind acquires onshore wind farm in Scotland
The farm, designed to have a capacity of 48.5 megawatts, will be realised near Inverness without subsidies
Greencoat UK Wind appoints former SSE director to its board
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Greencoat UK Wind completes £126mln acquisition of Cairngorms wind farm
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Greencoat UK Wind raises £375mln to expand wind farm portfolio
Currently the FTSE 250 group is invested in 34 operating UK wind farms with net generating capacity of 950Mw.
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FTSE 100 regains ground at the close
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Greencoat UK Wind raises funds for acquisition opportunities
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Greencoat UK Wind delivers strong return buoyed by acquisitions
Cash generation was on target at £117.3mln, allowing the company to pay a 6.76p a share dividend
FTSE 100 closes lower as Chinese data dents sentiment
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Greencoat UK Wind says gross issue proceeds of £131mln raised from placing announced on February 1
Following the receipt of the proceeds and completion of the Stronelairg and Dunmaglass acquisitions, the company said it should have £794mln of outstanding debt
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FTSE 100 closes up as markets buoyed by US/China trade talks
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FTSE 100 closes marginally higher but consumer and industrial shares down
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Greencoat UK Wind to acquire 35.5% stake in Stronelairg and Dunmaglass wind farms from SSE
The renewable energy investor said it would acquire a 49.9% stake in each of the wind farms in partnership with a major UK pension fund
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Greencoat UK Wind higher as it reports rise in fourth quarter net asset value, hike in 2019 target dividend
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The FTSE 250 wind farm investor said it acquired the wind farms for £87mln, including the prepayment of existing project finance debt facilities
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Greencoat UK Wind plans to spend £126mln on wind farm in northern Scotland
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Gearing stands at around 23% of general asset value (GAV). Over the medium term, Greencoat would expect gearing to be between 20% and 30% of GAV
FTSE 100 closes higher, boosted by earnings and weaker pound
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Greencoat UK Wind says recent share placing raised gross proceeds of £118.8mln to complete Clyde wind farms stake purchase
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Brockaghboy, near Londonderry in Northern Ireland, was only commissioned last month
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Greencoat UK Wind pays £98mln for 80% stake in five UK wind farms
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Greencoat UK Wind plans to issue up to 500mln new shares over next 12 months via placings, offers for subscription
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