In Depth: Why Italy's Falck is betting big on UK onshore wind

Falck Renewables' Kilbraur wind farm in northern Scotland

UK onshore wind — particularly in Scotland — represents the best green investment opportunity in Europe over the next few years, according to Italy’s Falck Renewables.

The local resource and the regulatory regime have led Falck to reshape its business plan to maximise its efforts in Britain.

“The number of full load hours [for onshore wind] is much higher here than in Italy, France, Spain or Poland,” chief executive Piero Manzoni says about the four other countries his company is investing in.

“In Italy you might have an average of 1,950 full load hours per year, while in England it would be 2,700 hours and in Scotland more than 3,200.”

Financing UK projects is much cheaper than in most other…

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