Aug 23, 2026 – 1.36pmLondon-headquartered Foresight Group is seeking a buyer for two up-and-running wind farms, where Australia’s No.2 gentailer AGL Energy is the operator and the customer.Foresight has mandated PwC corporate finance partner Chris Williams to sell the 162-megawatt Wattle Point and Hallett Hill wind farms, sources told Street Talk on the condition of anonymity. The assets are expected to be worth more than $400 million, based on the current trading prices of $2.5 million to $3 million per MW for wind farms.Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column.Angira Bharadwaj is a co-editor of Street Talk. She covers IPOs, capital raises, mergers and acquisitions and other breaking news in Australia’s capital markets. Previously, she covered financial services, state, and federal politics. Send tips to @angirab.60 on encrypted messaging platform Signal.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?
AGL-run South Australian wind farms up for sale with $400m price tag
South Australia’s 162MW Wattle Point and Hallett Hill wind farms are currently contracted to AGL, but could sign up data centres as clients, according to the sell-side pitch.
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