Octopus Renewables, the specialist clean-energy investor arm of Octopus Group, has acquired two operational onshore wind farms in the United Kingdom, with a combined capacity of 16.8 megawatts.
The two wind farms, located in South Lanarkshire and Northamptonshire, provide the equivalent energy to power more than 17,000 homes. The wind farms were purchased from a conglomerate of sellers made up of Muirhall Energy with WWS Renewables, and Infinergy. The South Lanarkshire wind farm was acquired from Muirhall Energy, WWS Renewables and a private investor and the Northamptonshire wind farm was acquired from Muirhall Energy, WWS Renewables and Infinergy.
The acquisition marks the first deployment from the Renewable Energy Income Partnership III (REIP III), a £185 million ($233 million) institutional mandate announced earlier this year that is closed for further investment.
“This acquisition adds to our ever-expanding onshore wind portfolio that has seen us become a
