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The Taaleri SolarWind II fund has acquired 100% ownership of the Haram wind farm. The wind farm is located in the county of Møre og Romsdal, in western Norway, around 20 kilometers north of Ålesund.

Construction works on the Haram wind farm will start shortly, and with 8 Vestas 4.2 MW turbines and an installed capacity of 34 MW, the wind farm’s annual production of electricity will be approximately 112 GWh. The wind farm will produce enough electricity to supply around 7,000 households and will offset the equivalent of 14,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide during each year of operation.

Taaleri SolarWind II fund has, together with fund co-investors, acquired 100% of the equity of the Oltava wind farm. The Oltava wind farm is located in the municipality of Pyhäjoki in north-western Finland, around 100kms from the City of Oulu.

Construction work on the wind farm has started, and with 19 Nordex 4.8 MW turbines and an installed capacity of 91 MW, the wind farm’s annual production of electricity will be approximately 290 GWh. The wind farm will produce enough electricity to supply around 35,000 households and will offset the equivalent of 88,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide during each year of operation.

Taaleri SolarWind II, Taaleri Energia Funds Management Oy:n hallinnoima kansainvälinen uusiutuvan energian rahasto, on kerännyt noin 220 miljoonan euron sijoitussitoumukset ensimmäisellä varainhankintakierroksellaan.

Rahaston sijoittajia ovat mm. Euroopan investointipankki, Keskinäinen Eläkevakuutusyhtiö Ilmarinen, Keskinäinen työeläkevakuutusyhtiö Varma, Espoon kaupunki, Rakennusliitto sekä laaja joukko eläkerahastoja, säätiöitä ja perheyhtiöitä. Myös huomattava määrä yksityishenkilöitä on sijoittanut rahastoon Taaleri Pääomarahastot Oy:n hallinnoiman Taaleri Aurinkotuuli II – syöttörahaston kautta.

The Taaleri SolarWind II Fund, the fifth renewable energy fund managed by Taaleri Energia Funds Management, has held a first closing, with approximately EUR 220 million in commitments.

The first-close investors include the European Investment Bank, Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company, Taaleri Plc, the Taaleri Energia team and a wide range of pension funds, foundations, endowments and family offices. Individual investors were also strong supporters of the fund in the first close, investing through a fund managed by Taaleri Private Equity Funds.

As renewables projects ditch subsidies, four industry participants, including Taaleri Energia’s Kai Rintala, tell why they prefer market risk. But all acknowledge they will need to work harder than ever, not least to convince investors they are well-equipped to handle the sector’s changing risk profile.

Taaleri Energia, together with its partners Masdar, DEG and Finnfund, were announced as the winners of the IJ Global European Onshore Wind Transaction of the Year at a black tie event at the Natural History Museum in London on the 22nd March. The winning project was the Čibuk wind farm in Serbia, which was an investment by the Taaleri SolarWind I fund.

Taaleri Energia, a Finnish wind and solar developer and fund manager, and Masdar, the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, signed an agreement for the establishment of a joint venture with the aim of developing renewable energy projects in Central and Eastern Europe on 15 January 2019. 

Taaleri Energia is pleased to announce that it has reached financial close on its first wind farm investment in Sweden. This follows the acquisition of the project rights from a consortium of local developers. The Slageryd wind farm, with a total installed capacity of 23.4 MW, will consist of six 3.9-MW Nordex N131 turbines and will produce approximately 71 GWh of electricity per year. 

Taaleri has concluded a significant, multi-year agreement with Fortum for the purchase and sale of wind power in the Nordic electricity market. The agreement period will begin on 1 April 2018.

Taaleri Energia Ltd has acquired the company’s first U.S. wind project.  Located in Knox County, Texas, the 277 MW Truscott-Gilliland East Wind Project represents approximately USD 350 million of investment in the North American renewable power sector.  

Taaleri Group is pleased to announce that it has acquired a 30 percent minority interest in the Baynouna solar power project in Jordan. The shares were acquired from Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar), a renewable energy corporation fully owned by Mubadala Investment Company.

Taaleri Group is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with Cibuk Wind Holding regarding the acquisition of a minority interest in the under-construction Cibuk 1 wind farm, the largest wind project in Serbia to date. The 158 MW wind farm will consist of 57 GE turbines and produce up to 475 GWh of power per year.