At present, the trend for investors is to buy stakes in fully operational wind farms in stable countries with well-defined regulations, which can be similar to sinking money into long-term-bond-style financial instruments, with predictable yields that are paid out for 25-30 years.
Many infrastructure investors and pension funds have moved into this space in the past few years. Allianz and Munich Re have each invested about €1bn ($1.3bn)
