PowerWind, which was backed by US investment firm Warburg Pincus, filed for insolvency in April. The Hamburg-based company supplied and maintained turbines between 500kW and 2.5MW of output, with a particular focus on small, community-owned wind farms.
GES – which is majority owned by London-based private-equity firm 3i – is a leading construction and maintenance specialist in the European renewables industry, responsible for looking after 12.1GW
