Orsted sees the acquisition of Brookfield Renewable Ireland (BRI) as a “springboard” into the wider European onshore market in the medium term, but will primarily be considering further opportunities that also offer larger-scale projects, the utility’s onshore wind chief executive told Recharge.

The offshore wind champion earlier today said it closed a deal to buy BRI’s UK and Ireland onshore wind portfolio of 389MW wind farms that are operating and under construction, 149MW in advanced development and a 1GW development pipeline.