Sectors

Renewable energy companies include those whose predominant activity is the development and deployment of wind, solar, hydroelectric, geothermal and tidal power generation.

The Longspur asset management team has successfully completed over 100 renewable energy transactions and invested a further £215m into assets.

Longspur is actively raising capital for developers and operators of traditional renewables, as well as associated technologies such as concentrated solar.

Due to the intermittency of renewables such as wind and solar, energy storage and battery technologies are crucial in the shift to net zero.

Companies in the energy storage sector are involved in the development of battery technology or other forms of energy storage, such as EV manufacture and charging.

Longspur is active in the development of battery energy storage systems as principal and has deep experience advising and raising capital for BESS & LDES project & technology developers, battery technology companies and other storage infrastructure assets. Corporate finance transactions in this space include the £150m capital raise for RAW Charging in 2022 as well as a number of ongoing advisory roles.

Bioenergy covers the various processes using plant or animal material as fuel to produce electricity, heat or biofuels. Areas such as sustainable aviation fuel and combinations with carbon capture technologies also feature.

We have deep sector knowledge and experience, with the team having developed and operated biogas projects, including nine AD plants.

The corporate finance team specialises in raising infrastructure and growth capital for both established and new bioenergy conversion technologies and projects. Advisory mandates include a number of advanced thermal treatment technologies, biofuel distribution businesses and traditional bioenergy generation assets.

Hydrogen has the potential to play a significant role in the energy transition. Despite debate around some use cases, there is a significant market growing for both hydrogen and hydrogen derived fuels.

At Longspur we have deep sector knowledge in the e-fuels ecosystem and work for companies at every stage of the hydrogen value chain, across technology solutions.

Mandates include capital-raising for specialist hydrogen engineering businesses and fuel cell technology developers.

Companies in this sector develop hardware and software technologies able to improve the efficiency of energy and, more specifically, electricity generation and distribution.

Relevant technologies range from reducing losses on the grid, use of energy in homes, retail, commercial or industrial buildings as well as the transportation sector.

Our mandates in this sector include marine decarbonisation, grid management tech including voltage harmonisation and built environment decarbonisation technology, among others.