Google drops plan to buy into largest African wind farm

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Google has canceled plans to buy a 12.5per cent stake in Africa's largest wind farm after delays to the project, Danish wind turbine maker Vestas ...

Google has canceled plans to buy a 12.5per cent stake in Africa's largest wind farm after delays to the project, Danish wind turbine maker Vestas said on Monday.

FILE PHOTO: Power-generating wind turbines are seen at the Lake Turkana Wind Power project in Loiyangalani district, Marsabit County, northern Kenya, September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File PhotoShare this contentCOPENHAGEN: Google has canceled plans to buy a 12.5per cent stake in Africa's largest wind farm after delays to the project, Danish wind turbine maker Vestas said on Monday.

The 310 megawatt Lake Turkana wind farm in Kenya was initially set for completion 2017, after which Google had committed to buy the stake from Vestas."Due to delays relating primarily to the transmission line, the Vestas agreement with Google was canceled in 2019," a Vestas spokesman told Reuters, adding that it was in talks with other potential buyers of the stake.

 

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