'Booming': Global corporates race to sign wind power PPAs

Madeleine Cuff
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Aluminium sector leads the pack in securing corporate agreements for wind power in Europe, helping to deliver record number of new deals in 2018

The market for corporate Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) for wind power in Europe is "booming", as aluminium firms and automakers rushed to secure access to renewable power last year. According to...

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