Windfarm group loses interim £1.2m
Article Date: Sep 19 2006Renewable energy producer Novera is bullish despite a fivefold first-half loss increase and £15 million capital requirements over three years.
Revenues at Novera, a formerly Aussie-listed group with a portfolio of landfill gas, waste-to-energy and windpower projects, rose nearly 30 per cent to £1.1 million in the six months to June. But last year's interim profit of £255,000 became a £1.2 million first-half deficit of £W1.2 million, partly because the previous year's £937,000 profit on selling the Mynydd Clogau wind farm was not repeated.
AIM-quoted Novera, which has more than £3 million in the bank, says it is making good progress towards its goal of developing a 250 megawatt 'greenfield wind portfolio' in five years. Chairman John Brown says the company is particularly pleased to have won planning permission earlier this month for a sustainable energy facility at Ford Motor's Dagenham plant, a project supported by London mayor Ken Livingstone.
Novera says it will need £15 million 'equity' over three years to meet its production targets and suggests this could come in from attracting partners for joint ventures. At 48.5p, down from last year's 58p float price and this year's 69p high, the shares have long-term speculative potential if the partners are found.
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