Report: ‘Financing and Investment Trends’ in Wind Energy

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Europe invested a total of €51.2bn in wind energy in 2017. The development of new farms accounted for €22.3bn of this.

This is according to WindEurope’s ‘Financing and Investment Trends’ report released today. The rest of the investment went on the refinancing of existing wind farms, the acquisition of projects and of companies involved in wind and on public market fundraising. The total investment figure was 9% up on 2016.  The €22bn invested in new wind farms was down on the €28bn invested in 2016.  But it covered more capacity - 11.5 GW compared to 10.3 GW - reflecting the falling costs of wind... ... More: Official Press Release WindEurope

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