Private equity investor Doughty Hanson plans to acquire Danish industrial brake solutions provider, Svendborg Brakes, for €460m. Svendborg Brakes, which has operations in 15 countries and recently set up operations in China, supplies brakes to most of the major turbine manufacturers. Doughty Hanson already owns wind turbine blade manufacturer, LM Glasfiber. LM Glasfiber, also based in Denmark, controls a share of around 30% of the global wind turbine blade market.  

UK-based Intelligent Energy (IE) has raised £6.8 million ($13.6 million) to support the commercialisation of its hydrogen fuel cells. Such cells can be more efficient because they do not have to be plugged into power mains and are less environmentally intrusive than traditional ignition engines and batteries.

Recent research suggests that prospects for the European infrastructure market as a whole are buoyant, with growth expected to increase in the next twelve months supported by a stronger focus on the renewable energy element.