UK proposals to increase onshore wind capacity

European Green Transition PLC

23 March 2026

 

European Green Transition PLC

("EGT", or the "Company")

UK government proposals to increase onshore wind capacity

European Green Transition plc (AIM: EGT), a company focused on acquiring, integrating and optimising revenue-generating and profitable services businesses in the critical infrastructure sector, notes the UK Government's announcement on 18 March 2026 outlining proposals to enable farmers, schools and industrial users to install small onshore wind turbines without the need for planning permission.

The proposals are designed to reduce barriers to access distributed wind energy, allowing organisations to lower energy costs and accelerate the adoption of clean, domestically generated power. EGT believes the proposed policy direction strongly supports its strategy of building a scalable platform of operations, maintenance, repair and monitoring ("O&M") services for onshore wind turbines. As announced on 25 February 2026, EGT acquired Earthmill Maintenance, Wind Energy Partnership (WEP) and Silverford Engineering, an established, EBITDA-profitable wind turbine O&M platform operating across the UK and Ireland, servicing more than 900 turbines and generating approximately £14.7 million in revenue in FY2025.

The UK Government highlighted that onshore wind remains one of the cheapest and fastest energy technologies to deploy, and that removing planning barriers will accelerate adoption and reduce exposure to volatile fossil fuel prices. The Company has extensive experience installing small and medium wind turbines across the UK and expects that these proposals would increase the number of onshore wind turbines to be installed across the UK. This opportunity has the potential to complement the Company's repowering pipeline. It would enable prospective repowering customers to monetise existing turbine assets through sales to farmers, educational institutions and industrial users seeking to deploy small-scale wind solutions in line with the Government's proposals, thereby offsetting overall repowering costs.

Furthermore, the implementation of these proposals is expected to drive increased demand for operations and maintenance services across the UK.

Cathal Friel, Executive Chair of European Green Transition said: "We welcome the UK Government's proposals to accelerate the rollout of small-scale onshore wind. Against a backdrop of heightened global market volatility, investment in domestically generated clean energy can provide households and businesses greater cost certainty and energy security. Removing planning barriers is a highly practical step that should unlock significant deployment across farms, schools and industrial users and Earthmill, WEP and Silverford have a strong track record of installing small and medium onshore wind turbines across the UK.

 This proposal complements our repowering orderbook and pipeline and is directly aligned with our strategy following the recent acquisition of the O&M Business. As the number of onshore wind turbines grows, so too does the requirement for high-quality operations, maintenance, repair and remote monitoring services. Supported by our recent conditional fundraise, we are well positioned to scale our platform and achieve our medium-term target of £50 million revenue and double-digit EBITDA margin."

 Enquiries

European Green Transition plc Cathal Friel, Executive Chair Jack Kelly, CFO	[phone]
Camarco - Financial PR Billy Clegg, Elfie Kent, Lily Pettifar, Poppy Hawkins	+ 44 (0) 20 3757 4980 [e-mail]

Notes to Editors

European Green Transition plc (AIM: EGT) is a company focused on acquiring, integrating and optimising revenue-generating and profitable services businesses in the critical infrastructure sector across the UK and Ireland.

In 2026, EGT delivered a significant milestone in this strategy by acquiring an EBITDA profitable operation, maintenance, repairs, and remote monitoring platform business which serves over 900 onshore wind turbines across the UK & Ireland. This platform includes Earthmill, Wind Energy Partnership, Silverford Engineering, and Anemos Analytics.

​The Company's strategy is to deliver sustained organic growth by expanding its service offering, driving operational efficiencies to support margin improvement, and generating strong free cash flow to fund reinvestment and a progressive dividend strategy. EGT is pursuing a disciplined capital allocation policy, including targeting selective bolt-on acquisitions across the critical infrastructure space in the UK, Ireland, and Europe, such as water, energy, roads, and data centres. The Company is also seeking to sell or partner its existing portfolio of non-core mining projects, including the Olserum Rare Earth Element (REE) Project. 

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