14^th April 2025

Gore Street Energy Storage Fund plc

(the "Company" or "GSF")

Sale of US Investment Tax Credits

Gore Street Energy Storage Fund, the internationally diversified energy storage fund, is pleased to announce that its Texan asset, "Dogfish", has entered into an agreement for the sale of Investment Tax Credits ("ITCs") for a consideration of c.£18-19[1] million of gross proceeds.

The transaction is expected to close by the end of June 2025, with the cash received as a single upfront payment shortly thereafter. The pricing announced today aligns with the previous guidance of $60-80 million for both the Big Rock and the Dogfish ITCs.

The sale of the Big Rock ITCs continues to progress well, and the Company will provide a further update in the near term.

The Board will provide an update to the market in due course with a detailed allocation strategy for excess cash.

CEO of Gore Street Investment Management, the Investment Manager of the Company, Alex O'Cinneide, commented: 

"I am pleased to announce this significant milestone for the Company, underscored by the strong pricing and favourable commercial terms we have secured.

Today's announcement continues our recent progress of execution against the key deliverables which we outlined to shareholders at the start of the 2024/2025 financial year, including the energisation of over 530 MWhs across multiple markets and the successful negotiation of the resource adequacy contract for the Big Rock asset.

The fundamentals of the asset class remain robust, supported by increasing structural demand and a favourable policy environment that reinforces the long-term need for energy storage across the multiple markets in which we operate. Given the recent significant geopolitical volatility, we are also pleased to report that a month ago, we hedged our USD income until the end of 2030, whilst we continue to have hedged our Euro income.

This significant cash inflow enhances the Company's already strong balance sheet. The strong cash position, low-leverage and disciplined capital allocation, affords the Company multiple options to increase long-term shareholder value, which the Board and the Investment Manager are actively assessing.  Among those attractive options are increasing the capacity and duration of existing assets and constructing our pre-construction assets which would benefit from rapidly declining capex costs."

For further information:  

Gore Street Investment Management                                                  

Alex O'Cinneide / Paula Travesso / Ben Paulden                                                               

Email: ir@gorestreetcap.com                                                                                     Tel: +44 (0) 20 3826 0290

Shore Capital (Joint Corporate Broker) 

Anita Ghanekar / Sophie Collins                (Corporate Advisory)                            Tel: +44 (0) 20 7408 4090

Fiona Conroy (Corporate Broking)

J.P. Morgan Cazenove (Joint Corporate Broker)

William Simmonds / Jérémie Birnbaum (Corporate Finance)                              Tel: +44 (0) 20 3493 8000

Burson Buchanan (Media Enquiries)      

Charles Ryland / Henry Wilson / George Beale                                                      Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000

Email: gorestreet@buchanan.uk.com    

Notes to Editors  

About Gore Street Energy Storage Fund plc  

Gore Street is London's first listed and internationally diversified energy storage fund dedicated to the low-carbon transition. It seeks to provide Shareholders with sustainable returns from their investment in a diversified portfolio of utility-scale energy storage projects. In addition to growth through increasing operational capacity and a considerable pipeline, the Company aims to deliver consistent and robust dividend yield as income distributions to its Shareholders.  

https://www.gsenergystoragefund.com