Wind Energy Renewables
Elm Trading’s wind division acquires and operates wind energy installations. Wind and other forms of renewable energy generating assets can provide stable earnings, often with the benefit of long-term government-backed subsidies, which are often linked to inflation.
Why Wind Energy is an attractive trading opportunity
The installations themselves and the land represent tangible assets with a related value
Government renewable energy subsidies provide a secure inflation-linked income
Strong, established secondary market for energy generating assets, which can help provide liquidity across Elm Trading’s wider trading interests
Background to wind energy
The UK’s first commercial wind farm was built in 1991 in Cornwall and since then there has been significant growth in the industry.
As the windiest country in Europe¹, it is not surprising that wind is now the UK’s largest and most cost-effective source of renewable energy.
The UK successfully hit its 2020 target for carbon emissions² and continues to work towards a net zero target by 2050. This is expected to strengthen support for clean energy generation to ensure we hit this target.
To help achieve this obligation, successive Governments have offered various support mechanisms to the owners of renewable energy generating projects. Previous subsidies included the Feed-in Tariff (FIT) scheme and Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROCs). The UK’s current Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme is the primary mechanism for supporting low-carbon electricity, offering 20-year contracts with stable, inflation linked revenues.
Elm Trading’s wind division currently operates over 85 wind farms across the UK
Together the sites generate over 525,000MWh of clean energy
sufficient to power over 195,000 UK homes each year ³
Almost all the assets within the portfolio are accredited for the FIT, ROC or CfD subsidy to provide a secure income stream linked to inflation.
¹ https://olsights.com/exploring-wind-energy-in-the-uk/
² https://www.theccc.org.uk/publication/progress-in-reducing-emissions-2024-report-to-parliament/#:~:text=Final%20emissions%20data%20confirm%20that,MtCO2e%20in%202023
³ All information correct as at 30 April 2026. UK homes powered based on Ofgem typical domestic usage consumption values for electricity (medium level in 2026 of 2,700 kWh).
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