China’s Envision Energy has deepened its footprint in the European wind power market with the purchase of a 500MW development portfolio in France.

Envision bought a portfolio at various stages of advancement from Velocita Energy Developments for an undisclosed sum.

The deal includes a clutch of projects mostly located near Besancon in northeast France as well as Velocita’s French team, which Envision said would continue to advance the portfolio’s development.

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