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Wind sector cash inflow may blow small firms away
Victoria Bryan and Christoph Steitz - Analysis LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Small wind energy companies could be taken over cheap because fresh funding for the sector is set to flow selectively to bigger names, placing them in a stronger negotiating position. Analysts say the big firms are ...
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Wind sector cash inflow may blow small firms away
Peak Oil News — ... valuation. Along with the solar sector, wind companies have suffered from a financial bottleneck over the past 18 months, hampering efforts to build cash-intensive wind farms, while customers have also delayed projects until next year due to funding problems. But recent activity in the sector, such as the takeover bid for Britain's Novera Energy from private equity-backed Infinis and Centrica's sale of a stake in three wind parks to U.S.-based TCW shows that interest has returned. Reuters

Drumbeat: November 7, 2009
The Oil Drum — ... seen the Cuban experience as something of a model for how to survive peak oil. Because of this, other countries have attempted to replicate it, although results have been variable. Turkey Gets $1.2 Billion From Three Power Grid Sales (Bloomberg) -- Turkey raised $1.2 billion by selling three power grids as it seeks to raise revenue and hand responsibility for developing the electricity network to non- government companies. Wind sector cash inflow may blow small firms away LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - ...

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