Octopus Renewables snaps up nine wind farms from RES in €100m deal

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Green energy investor to add 130MW to its growing portfolio of renewables in UK, Ireland, and France

Octopus Renewables has agreed to acquire nine wind farms across the UK, Ireland, and France after striking deals totalling over €100m with global renewable energy developer RES. Together the wind farms...

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