Ireland's Gaelectric starts fundraising for wind build

The Republic of Ireland has one of the world¿s highest levels of wind penetration

Privately-held Irish wind developer Gaelectric has approached the capital markets for an initial €60m ($77.7m) slug of financing, as it moves from the planning and consents phase into construction along its large project pipeline.

The fundraising round, reported by the Irish Times, comes three months after the Dublin-based company hired Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets to act as its “strategic investment adviser” for the roughly 170MW of capacity it intends to bring on line across Ireland by 2016, requiring at least €230m upfront.

Gaelectric reportedly has planning approval for 130MW of its Irish pipeline – most of which is located in Northern Ireland. In addition, the company is advancing more than 500MW of onshore wind farms in the US state of Montana.

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