2013: New offices in the UK, Romania and the USA

In 2013, PNE sharpened its focus on its core business of planning wind farm projects and continued its international expansion course by opening new offices in the UK, Romania and the USA. Activities in these countries had already begun in 2008 and were continuously expanded in the following years. Together with local partners, new markets were opened up and work continued to develop existing activities. 

In Scotland, PNE WIND UK received approval for the “Tralorg” onshore wind farm with an output of 20 megawatts. Another 66-megawatt project was about to be approved. In the USA, construction work got under way at the end of 2013 on the “Chilocco” project in Oklahoma. The wind farm has a total output of 169 megawatts. Plans were also drawn up for a large-scale 397-megawatt wind farm in Montana. 

Important progress was also made in Romania (102 MW), France (12 MW), Hungary (78 MW) and Poland (32 MW). The international positioning enabled PNE to react flexibly to different conditions and take advantage of opportunities in various markets. 

At the same time, the market environment remained challenging. Political developments and the fallout resulting from the international banking crisis led to uncertainties, which PNE managed by making strategic adjustments and diversifying its project pipeline.  PNE to react flexibly to different conditions and take advantage of opportunities in various markets.