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- US Solar Fund Plc (USF.L) is a United Kingdom-based closed-ended renewable energy investment company that acquires, develops, constructs, owns and operates a diversified portfolio of utility-scale solar power assets in the United States. The company's core investments include 41 operational solar projects with a total capacity of 443MWDC across four states—North Carolina (168MWDC), Oregon (140MWDC), Utah (128MWDC) and California (7MWDC)—organized into five portfolios: Milford (127.8MWDC single asset), Euryalus (61MWDC across four assets), Granite (39MWDC across eight assets), Heelstone (176MWDC across 22 assets) and Olympos (39MWDC across six assets); these assets generate stable cash flows by selling electricity to creditworthy, predominantly investment-grade offtakers under long-term power purchase agreements with a weighted average remaining term of 10.9 years as of December 2024, supplemented by renewable energy certificate agreements. Founded in 2019 and headquartered at The Scalpel, 18th Floor, 52 Lime Street, London EC3M 7AF, England, the company targets investors seeking attractive sustainable dividends and capital growth through uncorrelated renewable energy returns; its assets, with expected lives exceeding 30 years, benefit from state-level renewable mandates in operating locations and are largely qualifying facilities under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act, except for Milford. Since December 2023, the company has been managed by Amber Infrastructure Investment Advisor, LLC (AIIA), part of the Amber Infrastructure Group, following a shareholder-approved transition; in 2024, it executed a tender offer in June returning $18.6 million to shareholders by repurchasing approximately 7% of issued share capital at a premium to market price, reduced its revolving credit facility from $40 million to $20 million to lower costs while preserving liquidity, lowered its interim annual dividend target to 2.25 US cents per share to bolster balance sheet resilience and enhance operational dividend coverage (achieved at 1.10x), and advanced a comprehensive refinancing of senior debt facilities across the Euryalus, Heelstone and Milford portfolios via bank markets, expected to conclude by end-April 2025 to optimize capital structure, improve near-term distributable cash flows and address upcoming maturities. Further 2024 initiatives included replacing underperforming operations and maintenance subcontractors, developing and implementing a master diagnostic and remediation plan to minimize unplanned outages through faster issue detection, improved parts availability, reduced repair lead times and analysis of re-powering opportunities at older sites, and enhancing in-house data analytics for proactive performance management; these efforts, alongside portfolio generation of 698GWh (9.0% below forecast due to irradiance shortfalls and technical issues), aim to drive improved results in 2025 and beyond, amid market challenges from higher discount rates post the November 2024 US federal election and policy uncertainties. The company trades on the London Stock Exchange's main market under tickers USF (USD) and USFP (GBP), with net assets of $194.2 million and 307.8 million ordinary shares outstanding as of December 2024; gearing stood at 41% (debt to gross asset value), and it maintains no plans for further investments, focusing instead on stewardship, enhanced shareholder disclosures (including operational dividend cover and NAV bridges) and monitoring M&A conditions for potential portfolio realization when market dynamics support value maximization.