Scout Clean Energy, a Colorado-based renewable energy developer, owner and operator, has completed construction and successfully closed tax equity funding for the 180-MW Heart of Texas Wind Farm (HTX) located in McCulloch County, Texas.
“Heart of Texas was completed on time and under budget which is quite an achievement given the wide-spread disruption that COVID-19 has caused across the entire U.S. economy. It is a real credit to Scout’s construction management team, our suppliers, contractors and financiers who have worked tirelessly to get to the finish line,” said Michael Rucker, CEO and founder of Scout Clean Energy. “Reaching commercial operations at Heart of Texas brings Scout’s operational portfolio of wind energy generation to 698 MW with a further 146 MW under construction and more than 4,000 MW in our active development pipeline.”
Scout started construction on Heart of Texas in September of last year. The completion of construction follows the commissioning of Scout’s 300-MW Ranchero wind farm in Crockett County, Texas late last year. HTX uses 64 of the latest generation GE 2-MW platform wind turbines. The utility-scale project uses three models of 2-MW platform turbines to optimize site production.
HTX has secured an offtake contract with Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty’s Alternative Risk Transfer unit, in partnership with Nephila Climate. REsurety provided the risk analytics supporting the long-term offtake transaction.
Scout entered into a fixed-price balance-of-plant construction agreement with RES Americas Construction who completed construction work on time and under budget. The asset management and post-construction operations will be undertaken by Scout.
The project has tax incentive agreements in place with McCulloch County, McCulloch County Hospital District and Lohn Independent School District. It is estimated that the county will receive approximately $36 million in tax revenue over the life of the project.
Scout is a portfolio company subsidiary of Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners.
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