A clutch of major third-quarter wind investments including 2GW of US onshore and Chinese offshore projects helped keep global renewables investment on track to match or beat 2016’s level, said analysts at Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).

American Electric Power’s $4.5bn investment in the 2GW Wind Catcher project – currently under development by Invenergy in Oklahoma – was the “stand-out move” of a Q3 that saw $66.9bn