MEIF4-owned company acquires 30 MW Italian wind farm

Italian wind utility Asja has sold the 30 MW Matera II wind farm to Renvico, a subsidiary of the MEIF4 fund, which is managed by Macquarie Group, with over 2.3 GW of renewable capacity installed in its portfolio.

The Matera II wind farm, located in Le Reni (Matera, Basilicata), has an installed capacity of 29.7 MW and is operational since 2015. On the date of entry into operation, it was the first project of wind farm in Italy to use the Vestas V117 wind turbines with nominal power of 3.3 MW each.

Since its connection to the grid, the plant has produced over 140 GWh of green energy, equivalent to the amount of electricity consumed in a year by more than 200,000 people.

Asja CEO, Agostino Re Rebaudengo, commented:

We are proud of this deal with one of the most important players in the industry. The resources made available through this operation are already devoted to the development of new projects.

Managing Director Alessandro Casale underlined that:

This important achievement was achieved thanks to an intense work of Team of all the resources of Asja involved, especially our wind, law and finance team.