** Energy technology firm Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises' BW.N shares down 7.5% post-market to $19.64 on equity raise news

** BW commences $200 mln stock offering

** Co intends to use net offering proceeds to prepay amounts outstanding under its credit agreement to subsequently reborrow to fund working capital needs, support growth initiatives, including AI data center power generation projects, among other purposes

** B. Riley lead bookrunner, joined by Craig-Hallum and Lake Street Capital Markets

** BW shares closed up 9.7% at $21.22 on Thurs and have more than tripled YTD

** Akron, Ohio-based BW has ~136.2 mln shares outstanding for nearly $3 bln market cap