Enel boosts first-half profits as renewables build accelerates

Italian energy group Enel boosted net profits by 4% in the first half of 2017, as it continued to pile on new renewables capacity around the world.

Enel expects to construct 2.6GW of renewables by the end of this year, the company said, an increase of 600MW on 2016’s figure and compared to a total of 900MW in 2015.

By the end of the first half it had 4.6GW