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EGP-NA to build 146 MW of new wind capacity in Canada

By Michelle Froese | December 13, 2017

Enel S.p.A., through its U.S.-based renewables subsidiary Enel Green Power North America, Inc. (EGPNA), has been awarded two 20-year Renewable Energy Support Agreements (RESAs) for 146 MW of new wind capacity in Alberta, Canada. The tender launched by the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO).

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The Enel Group has been awarded two contracts for the 20-year supply of power from two newwind farms of 115 MW and 30.6 MW in a tender by the Alberta Electric System Operator

According to the two agreements, Enel will build two new wind facilities: the 115-MW Riverview Wind project and the 30.6-MW Phase 2 of Castle Rock Ridge wind farm. Enel will also supply their power output and renewable credits to AESO. The overall investment in the construction of the two wind farms amounts to approximately $170 million.

“This Canadian award is a major milestone for our company, as it is the first regulated renewables tender we have ever won in the Country,” said Antonio Cammisecra, Enel’s Head of Global Renewable Energies Division Enel Green Power. “We are thrilled to be investing once again in the Canadian energy economy and to continue our growth here in Alberta.”

Riverview Wind and Phase 2 of Castle Rock Ridge, which is an expansion of EGPNA’s existing 76.2-MW Castle Rock Ridge wind farm, are both located in Pincher Creek, Alberta and are due to enter into service by 2019. Once operational, the two facilities are expected to generate around 555 GWh per year.

:We have experienced unprecedented development in North and Central America from Canada to the USA and Mexico over the last years and this award is yet another example of our success and global competitiveness,” added Cammisecra.

EGPNA’s award will more than double the company’s capacity in Canada, which currently stands at more than 103 MW. AESO has launched this first tender under their Renewable Electricity Program, which was established as part of the Government of Alberta’s Climate Leadership Plan aimed at creating a cost-efficient, cleaner and increasingly reliable energy system.

The program calls for the development of 5,000 MW of renewable electricity generation capacity connected to the Alberta grid by 2030. In Canada, EGP already operates two wind facilities, the aforementioned Castle Rock Ridge wind farm in Pincher Creek, which began operations in 2012, and the 27-MW St. Lawrence wind farm in Newfoundland, which began operations in 2009.


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