Tag: Octopus Energy

Octopus Energy partners with Idris Elba and Siaka Stevens’ Sherbro Alliance Partners to develop Sierra Leone’s first wind farm on Sherbro Island

Stuart Mitchell

Octopus Energy’s generation arm has entered into a milestone partnership with Idris Elba and Siaka Stevens’ development company, Sherbro Alliance Partners (SAP), to build Sierra Leone’s first wind farm as part of the Sherbro Island City project. Announced at COP28, the collaboration and project will help accelerate the country’s monumental renewables opportunity and collect vital data to foster greater investment into green energy on Sherbro Island, across Sierra Leone and beyond. The deal will see Octopus build a first-of-its-kind renewables project for the country in 2024, with the potential to…

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Sky’s the limit! Octopus Energy Generation’s Sky fund surpasses £1bn mark

Stuart Mitchell

The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) commits £80 million to Octopus Energy Generation’s Sky fund (ORI SCSp). With this latest investment, the Sky fund has now raised over £1 billion, as it accelerates the drive towards a green energy system globally. ISIF, managed and controlled by the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA), is a sovereign development fund with a unique mandate to invest on a commercial basis in a manner designed to support economic activity and employment in Ireland. So far, ISIF has committed over €500 million as part of…

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Octopus Energy signs up to Armed Forces Covenant

Stuart Mitchell

Octopus Energy Group has signed the Armed Forces Covenant and received the Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. The award recognises Octopus for being friendly to the armed forces and open to employing reservists and veterans who may be wounded, injured or sick. Octopus founder Greg Jackson today showed Vice Admiral Andy Kyte, Chief of Defence Logistics and Support, around Octopus’s HQ in London to meet team members who served in the armed forces or had partners who served. The energy supplier has jobs available for military veterans…

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InstaVolt plugs into Octopus Electroverse in charge towards EV future

Stuart Mitchell

Octopus Energy’s cutting-edge electric vehicle (EV) roaming service welcomes InstaVolt onto its Electroverse platform to make charging even easier for drivers. Octopus Electroverse makes EV charging simple by giving access to over half a million public charge points globally at just one tap. It now serves one in four EV drivers in the UK – more than any other public charging service in the country. InstaVolt joins over 580 charge point operator brands drivers can access on Octopus Electroverse, including IONITY, Osprey, Mer, Fastned, Source London, Connected Kerb and Genie…

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Octopus Energy makes a splash with investment in one of Europe’s largest wind farms

Stuart Mitchell

Octopus Energy’s generation arm announces its investment in one of continental Europe’s largest wind farms, as it continues to turbocharge the energy transition globally. The 732 MW Borssele III & IV wind farm in the Dutch North Sea is made up of 77 turbines. Its 9.5 MW turbines are the largest in Octopus’ portfolio – each turbine as tall as the Gherkin building in London. The wind farm has been operational since 2021 and generates enough power every year equivalent to around 825,000 Dutch households. This latest deal comes as…

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