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Portugal

Portuguese wind farms sold for €1.15bn

Portugal’s largest wind farm business has been sold to a consortium led by private equity group Magnum Capital for €1.15bn. The portfolio, which has been sold by Babcock & Brown, comprises around 515MW of operating wind farms and a further 156MW of wind farms under construction. According to

coal

UK Coal unveils wind farm plans

The UK’s largest coal-miner – not a 7ft tall Yorkshire bloke called Bob but the company UK Coal – says it is exploring plans to develop wind farms on land it owns. UK Coal has signed a two-year agreement with onshore wind farm developer Peel Energy to “assess and potentially develop”