Vestas finally sells share of prestige project

A BlackRock fund is buying a third of Africa’s largest wind farm, including a share Vestas has had up for sale for years.
Photo: Ifu
Photo: Ifu

Vestas is no longer an owner of Africa’s largest wind farm, Lake Turkana. As part of the BlackRock fund Climate Finance Partnership’s purchase of 31.25% of the project, the wind turbine manufacturer’s 12.5% stake has also been acquired. The remaining shares will be acquired from the Danish Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU) and its Finnish counterpart, Finnfund.

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