Norway

Protests in Norway about the treatment of Sami reindeer herders at two onshore wind farms has put the issue of how wind deals with human rights back in the spotlight. Richard Heap looks at why this is a huge risk for investors.

The growth of renewables has played a part in a fall in wholesale power prices in the Nordics that call into question the profitability of future wind farms.

This week, we caught up with Svea Vind’s founder and chief executive Mattias Wärn fd Eriksson to find out more about the deal, as well as the appetite for offshore wind in the Nordics.

A Word About Wind speak to Mathias Bimberg, head of infrastructure at Prime Capital about the fund’s green investment strategy.

The consolidation activity that kept companies in the wind sector busy in the first three quarters of 2018 continued in the last three months...