Ecofin Water&powr Opportunities Share Discussion Threads

[praipus] 26/6/2008 22:05

Penny dropping?

[praipus] 26/6/2008 20:32

Oil through $140 again!

Wonder if this will help the government's of the world corrupt or otherwise realise they need to invest and authorise renewables infrastructure development pronto otherwise they wont be able to afford the fuel for the planes and cars to take them on summer holidays.

And the electorates of the world will hold politicians responsible for stuffing up the economy good and proper through sinply not planning and securing energy supply sooner.

[praipus] 20/6/2008 15:58

Ecofin Water & Power Net Asset Value(s)

RNS Number : 1843X
Ecofin Water & Power Opps PLC
20 June 2008

ECOFIN WATER & POWER OPPORTUNITIES PLC
It is announced that at the close of business on 18 June 2008, the un-audited Net Asset
Values per share of the above investment trust
company were:-
Income Shares: Net Asset Value: 97.35p per share (including undistributed revenue)
Capital Shares: Net Asset Value: 851.17p per share
Ordinary Shares: Net Asset Value: 209.78p per share (including undistributed revenue)
Gross Assets: £770,040,000 (after provision for a performance fee of £3,504,300 payable
in respect of the year ending 31 March 2009)
Loan Facility: £194,150,000
Net Assets: £575,890,000
Phoenix Administration Services Limited - Company Secretary

This information is provided by RNS
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[praipus] 13/6/2008 15:17

Ecofin Water & Power Net Asset Value(s)




RNS Number : 6764W
Ecofin Water & Power Opps PLC
13 June 2008


ECOFIN WATER & POWER OPPORTUNITIES PLC
It is announced that at the close of business on 11 June 2008, the un-audited Net Asset
Values per share of the above investment trust
company were:-
Income Shares: Net Asset Value: 97.24p per share (including undistributed revenue)
Capital Shares: Net Asset Value: 850.45p per share
Ordinary Shares: Net Asset Value: 208.53p per share (including undistributed revenue)
Gross Assets: £769,324,000 (after provision for a performance fee of £3,071,200 payable
in respect of the year ending 31 March 2009)
Loan Facility: £195,888,000
Net Assets: £573,436,000
Phoenix Administration Services Limited - Company Secretary
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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[m.t.glass] 09/6/2008 16:17

ECWC is already among the dozen water related stocks listed on the H2O thread


But if anyone can think of other UK water stocks that ought to be added, please mention them there.

[cher price] 07/6/2008 23:38

Sites named for new offshore wind farms

"The CBI has calculated that energy companies must invest £60 billion over the next 12 years to build enough offshore wind farms to boost generating capacity by 25 gigawatts."

[praipus] 06/6/2008 16:55

$45 trillion required to reduce Carbon emissions by 50% by 2050 if not oil demand will increase by 70% and their simply may not be enough oil to satisfy that demand.

32 new Nuclear Power stations and 17,500 Wind turbines.

per year required globally to reach the 50% reduction in carbon emissions before 2050

That should get the globe and or the US out of any kind of recession.

[praipus] 06/6/2008 14:45

Net Asset Value(s)




RNS Number : 1505W
Ecofin Water & Power Opps PLC
06 June 2008


ECOFIN WATER & POWER OPPORTUNITIES PLC
It is announced that at the close of business on 4 June 2008, the un-audited Net Asset
Values per share of the above investment trust
company were:-
Income Shares: Net Asset Value: 97.13p per share (including undistributed revenue)
Capital Shares: Net Asset Value: 871.76p per share
Ordinary Shares: Net Asset Value: 211.77p per share (including undistributed revenue)
Gross Assets: £780,777,000 (after provision for a performance fee of £4,822,200 payable
in respect of the year ending 31 March 2009)
Loan Facility: £197,418,000
Net Assets: £583,359,000
Phoenix Administration Services Limited - Company Secretary
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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[praipus] 05/6/2008 15:11

RNS Number : 0911W
Ecofin Water & Power Opps PLC
05 June 2008


ECOFIN WATER & POWER OPPORTUNITIES PLC
It is announced that at the close of business on 31 May 2008, the un-audited Net Asset
Values per share of the above investment trust
company were:-
Income Shares: Net Asset Value: 97.07p per share (including undistributed revenue)
Capital Shares: Net Asset Value: 858.56p per share
Ordinary Shares: Net Asset Value: 209.30p per share (including undistributed revenue)
Gross Assets: £759,835,000 (after provision for a performance fee of £3,581,000 payable
in respect of the year ending 31 March 2009)
Loan Facility: £183,510,000
Net Assets: £576,325,000
Phoenix Administration Services Limited - Company Secretary
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END

[praipus] 30/5/2008 14:20

Net Asset Value(s)

RNS Number : 6261V
Ecofin Water & Power Opps PLC
30 May 2008


ECOFIN WATER & POWER OPPORTUNITIES PLC
It is announced that at the close of business on 28 May 2008, the un-audited Net Asset
Values per share of the above investment trust
company were:-
Income Shares: Net Asset Value: 97.02p per share (including undistributed revenue)
Capital Shares: Net Asset Value: 841.07p per share
Ordinary Shares: Net Asset Value: 206.28p per share (including undistributed revenue)
Gross Assets: £750,302,000 (after provision for a performance fee of £2,020,600 payable
in respect of the year ending 31 March 2009;
and reflecting the fourth Income share interim dividend for the year ending 31 March 2008 of
2.60p payable on 32,423,253 Income Shares,
amounting to £843,005; and the second Ordinary share interim dividend for the year ending 31
March 2008 of 2.50p payable on 182,552,352
Ordinary Shares amounting to £4,563,809).
Loan Facility: £182,819,000
Net Assets: £567,483,000
The fourth Income share interim dividend and the second Ordinary share interim dividend
were declared by the Directors on 30 April 2008
and will be payable on 31 May 2008 to holders of Income Shares and Ordinary Shares on the
Register at the close of business on 16 May 2008
(ex-dividend date 14 May 2008).
Phoenix Administration Services Limited - Company Secretary
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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[praipus] 29/5/2008 17:07

From SSE's prelims

"Future Investment Priorities in 2008/09 and beyond
In the five years from April 2003, SSE's capital and investment expenditure totalled
£2.65bn, and in the period following its investment
in gas distribution in June 2005, SSE's share of SGN's capital and replacement expenditure was
£453.5m.

Capital and investment expenditure will continue to be substantial during 2008/09, at
around £1.3bn, and subsequently. Over the five
years to 2013, it is projected to total around £6.7bn and will be focused on projects in line
with SSE's core purpose of providing energy in
a reliable and sustainable way.

Around 45% of this investment is expected to be directed towards renewable energy
developments. In addition, SSE expects to invest
around £1.2 billion in gas- and coal-fired generation, around £1.75 billion in electricity
networks and around £600m in a number of other
areas, such as gas storage. The result of this will be a significantly enhanced asset base and
additional cash flows, which will support
future dividend growth."

[praipus] 23/5/2008 15:18

Net Asset Value(s)

RNS Number : 1932V
Ecofin Water & Power Opps PLC
23 May 2008


ECOFIN WATER & POWER OPPORTUNITIES PLC
It is announced that at the close of business on 21 May 2008, the un-audited Net Asset
Values per share of the above investment trust
company were:-
Income Shares: Net Asset Value: 96.91p per share (including undistributed revenue)
Capital Shares: Net Asset Value: 858.88p per share
Ordinary Shares: Net Asset Value: 208.91p per share (including undistributed revenue)
Gross Assets: £761,902,000 (after provision for a performance fee of £3,455,600
payable in respect of the year ending 31 March 2009;
and reflecting the fourth Income share interim dividend for the year ending 31 March 2008 of
2.60p payable on 32,423,253 Income Shares,
amounting to £843,005; and the second Ordinary share interim dividend for the year ending
31 March 2008 of 2.50p payable on 182,552,352
Ordinary Shares amounting to £4,563,809).
Loan Facility: £186,287,000
Net Assets: £575,615,000
The fourth Income share interim dividend and the second Ordinary share interim dividend
were declared by the Directors on 30 April 2008
and will be payable on 31 May 2008 to holders of Income Shares and Ordinary Shares on the
Register at the close of business on 16 May 2008
(ex-dividend date 14 May 2008).
Phoenix Administration Services Limited - Company Secretary
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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[praipus] 23/5/2008 11:24

I like Solel parobolic solar receivers are the way to go along with solar powered stirling engines IMHO both much more powerful than photovoltaic.

Masdar have been testing solar panels for use in providing electricity to Abu Dhabi I wonder if they have considered Solel's solutions?

[jackiewilson] 23/5/2008 07:22

Just put Ecofin on my Google alerts, which has been out for a while but I'd stopped using it due to overload.



This is the first article from day 1 - see last para for Ecofin financing connection. Should be an interesting source of news about their less high profile but important activities.

"While Solel is still working to deliver 553 megawatts of solar thermal power to PG&E in the American Southwest, the Israeli startup is expanding its sales in Spain. Solel today announced its single largest sale of solar receivers - 190,000 thermal receiver systems capable of producing 400 megawatts of power - to Madrid-based Ibereolica Solar S.L. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed, but Solel says that this new deal plus its sale of 70,000 receiver systems earlier this month to a Spanish consortium represent $250 million in business for the startup. Not bad for the month of May.

Solel's Spanish deals are notably different from its stateside operations. While Solel is building out full power plants and selling power in the Southwest (as it is doing with PG&E), in Spain it sells its parabolic trough technology to power plant developers - a far less risky business model for Solel. Building power plants requires a lengthy permitting process and a huge upfront cost, both difficult propositions for a startup. PG&E has told us it wants to own its own solar power plants, so perhaps it could work with Solel to buy the equipment and then finance its own plant construction.

Today's deal is the latest in Solel's rapidly expanding Spanish business. At the start of the year Solel signed a deal to sell 46,000 receivers to Aries Solar Termoelectrica, S.L. , bringing Solel's total commitment in 2008 in Spain to 306,000 solar thermal systems for 650 megawatts in 11 separate 50 megawatt power plants.

To meet the huge demand, Solel last month announced plans to build a $140 million manufacturing facility in Spain, scheduled to begin production in 2009. To date, Solel says 100,000 of its UVAC 2008 parabolic solar receivers have been installed in the United States, Spain and Israel. The Spanish contracts represent a huge jump in production demand over the course of the next year.

The startup secured $105 million in financing from Ecofin Limited at the start of the year to assist with its expansion. Via earth2tech"

[jackiewilson] 16/5/2008 16:03

Friday - renewed bid interest in the sector ...

Citywire: Woodford favourite British Energy soars on 'talks' confirmation
By Nicholas Paler | 10:20:00 | 16 May 2008

Nuclear operator British Energy Group was up almost 6% on Friday morning after it confirmed it was in discussions with several interested parties about a potential takeover.

The firm, tipped by Invesco Perpetual's Neil Woodford earlier in the year as one which could see bid activity, said it had received a number of bid proposals wishing to make a full offer for the company.

It added that some of the bids valued the company at above 680p, a figure which would give the company a value of £10.85 billion.

Suitors are believed to include Germany's RWE, France's EDF and Iberdrola of Spain, as well as Centrica.

RWE is rumoured to have already submitted a 700p per share for the company.

'There can be no certainty that any of the proposals will lead to an offer being made for the company nor as to the terms on which any offer would be made,' the company said.

In April Woodford, who had a 5% position in British Energy in his £8.5 billion Invesco Perpetual High Income fund, and 4.8% in the £6 billion Income fund at the end of March, said consolidation in the energy sector was likely.

He said: 'British Energy has talked about a number of approaches they are currently evaluating and I don't think they will be the only business that is in receipt of bid interest.'

[praipus] 16/5/2008 14:36

Net Asset Value(s)

RNS Number : 6691U
Ecofin Water & Power Opps PLC
16 May 2008


ECOFIN WATER & POWER OPPORTUNITIES PLC
It is announced that at the close of business on 14 May 2008, the un-audited Net Asset
Values per share of the above investment trust
company were:-
Income Shares: Net Asset Value: 96.80p per share (including undistributed revenue)
Capital Shares: Net Asset Value: 839.24p per share
Ordinary Shares: Net Asset Value: 204.62p per share (including undistributed revenue)
Gross Assets: £765,746,000 (after provision for a performance fee of £1,411,000
payable in respect of the year ending 31 March 2008;
and reflecting the fourth Income share interim dividend for the year ending 31 March 2008 of
2.60p payable on 32,423,253 Income Shares,
amounting to £843,005; and the second Ordinary share interim dividend for the year ending
31 March 2008 of 2.50p payable on 182,552,352
Ordinary Shares amounting to £4,563,809).
Loan Facility: £201,713,000
Net Assets: £564,033,000
The fourth Income share interim dividend and the second Ordinary share interim dividend
were declared by the Directors on 30 April 2008
and will be payable on 31 May 2008 to holders of Income Shares and Ordinary Shares on the
Register at the close of business on 16 May 2008
(ex-dividend date 14 May 2008).
Phoenix Administration Services Limited - Company Secretary
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END

[praipus] 16/5/2008 09:45

Looks good thanks JackieWilson

[jackiewilson] 15/5/2008 18:30

The RNS / monthly report is out - worth following the link as the presentation of info is better than it used to be

[praipus] 09/5/2008 14:05

Net Asset Value(s)

RNS Number:1072U
Ecofin Water & Power Opps PLC
09 May 2008

Ecofin Water & Power Opportunities plc

It is announced that at the close of business on 07 May 2008, the un-audited Net
Asset Values per share of the above investment trust company were:-

Income Shares: Net Asset Value: 99.29p per share (including undistributed
revenue)

Capital Shares: Net Asset Value: 832.54p per share

Ordinary Shares: Net Asset Value: 205.52p per share (including undistributed
revenue)

Gross Assets: #760,584,000 (after provision for a performance fee of
#1,620,200 in respect of the year ending
31 March 2009)

Loan Facility: #195,370,000

Net Assets: #565,214,000

Phoenix Administration Services Limited - Secretary

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
END

[praipus] 07/5/2008 10:29

asparks, no havent got any ALK, mainly ECWC, UTL, UEM/W and RWE.

[asparks] 07/5/2008 09:27

praipus, are you in ALK?

Times on line:

Rumour of the day

Alkane Energy, the producer of methane and electricity from disused coalmines, steady at 16p, is to unveil a trading statement at its annual meeting today. Word is that it will show that new projects in the East Midlands, Lancashire and South Wales should be completed by early next year, bringing gas capacity well above the present 20MW.

[praipus] 06/5/2008 13:07

Distrigaz (one of the top ten) has been bid for by Eni.

[praipus] 02/5/2008 14:41

Net Asset Value(s)

RNS Number:6473T
Ecofin Water & Power Opps PLC
02 May 2008

Ecofin Water & Power Opportunities plc

It is announced that at the close of business on 30 April 2008, the un-audited
Net Asset Values per share of the above investment trust company were:-

Income Shares: Net Asset Value: 99.18p per share (including undistributed
current period revenue)

Capital Shares: Net Asset Value: 818.50p per share

Ordinary Shares: Net Asset Value: 202.86p per share

Gross Assets: #780,458,000

Loan Facility: #222,797,000

Net Assets: #557,661,000

Phoenix Administration Services Limited - Secretary

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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[praipus] 29/4/2008 10:05

From the FT's article above:

"Ecofin, one of the largest investors in J-Power with a stake of nearly 5 per cent, abstained last year but said that it would vote for an increased dividend this time.

Bernard Lambilliotte, chief investment officer, said that when the fund first invested, it did not intend to become an activist.

"Our views are different to TCI and we want to work with J-Power management," he said.

"But the company has to look after its shareholders," he added. "We want a dividend pay-out ratio more in line with other utilities in Japan.""

[clusium] 28/4/2008 08:23

Yes, Praipus. I actually thought they were a little coy about their obvious influence around the place. Something may be afoot at Pennon, and I am convinced that Ecofin has a strong future all round.