Enel Green Power North America has started construction of the 250-MW 25 Mile Creek wind project in Ellis County, Oklahoma. It is the company’s 12th wind farm in the state and with this new construction, Enel Green Power’s Oklahoma wind portfolio now exceeds $3 billion in investment. The company now has over 2.5 GW of…
Enel begins construction on 350-MW wind + storage project in Texas
Enel, through its U.S. renewable subsidiary Enel Green Power North America, has started construction of Azure Sky wind + storage, its first large-scale hybrid project globally to integrate wind and battery storage at one site. Located in Throckmorton County, Texas, the 350-MW wind farm paired with approximately 137 MW of battery storage will be Enel’s…
Enel breaks ground on 299-MW North Dakota wind farm
Enel, through its United States renewable company Enel Green Power North America, has started construction of the 299-MW Aurora wind farm in North Dakota. Expected to be fully operational by the end of 2020, the construction of the facility will involve an investment of around $450 million. Aurora is supported by a new power purchase…
Enel launches new Innovation Hub at Boston’s Greentown Labs
Enel S.p.A. announced the opening of its newest Innovation Hub in Boston at Greentown Labs, the largest cleantech startup incubator in the United States. The Hub will provide Enel, one of the world’s leading power and renewable energy companies, access to Greentown Labs’ startup community and innovation expertise. “Enel is working relentlessly to boost the…
Enel acquires Tradewind Energy
Enel, through its U.S. renewable subsidiary Enel Green Power North America (EGPNA), has closed an agreement to purchase Kansas-based renewable developer Tradewind Energy, Inc. EGPNA has purchased all of Tradewind’s development platform comprising of 13 GW of wind, solar, and storage projects located throughout the U.S. Shortly after the closing of Enel’s purchase of Tradewind,…
Enel starts construction on its largest U.S. wind farm to date
Enel, through its U.S. renewable subsidiary Enel Green Power North America, has begun construction on the near 450-MW High Lonesome wind farm in Upton and Crockett Counties, in Texas. Once complete, High Lonesome will be the largest wind farm in Enel’s global renewables portfolio. The energy generated by a 295-MW portion of the wind farm…
Enel to sell Illinois wind power to GM & Bloomberg
Enel, through its U.S. renewable company Enel Green Power North America, Inc. (EGPNA), started construction of the 185-MW HillTopper, its first wind farm in the U.S. state of Illinois. The new wind project is supported by two long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) to sell a portion of its power to Bloomberg LP and General Motors.…
Enel kicks off construction of 300-MW Diamond Vista wind farm in Kansas
Enel, through its U.S. renewable energy company Enel Green Power North America (EGPNA), started construction of the Diamond Vista wind farm with an installed capacity of around 300 MW. This will be EGPNA’s sixth wind farm in the state, where it’s the largest wind capacity operator with approximately 1,400 MW of operational wind energy. The…
EGPNA starts operation of the first incentive-free wind farms in Oklahoma
Enel S.p.A., through its U.S.-based renewables subsidiary Enel Green Power North America, Inc. (EGPNA), started operations of two new wind farms: the Thunder Ranch wind farm, which has a capacity of around 298 MW, and of the Red Dirt wind facility, which has a capacity of around 300 MW, both located in Oklahoma. As a…
EGP-NA to build 146 MW of new wind capacity in Canada
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). According to the two agreements, Enel will build two new wind…
Enel sets a new world wind record in Mexico, below $18/MWh
• Enel submitted four successful bids for wind power sites with the lowest reaching 17.70 USD/MWh.
Enel signs tax equity deal with GE and Goldman Sachs for Oklahoma’s Thunder Ranch wind project
Enel Green Power North America, Inc. (EGPNA), the U.S. renewable energy company of the Enel Group (acting through its subsidiary Thunder Ranch Wind Holdings), has signed a tax equity agreement worth approximately $330 million. The agreement is with the Alternative Energy Investing Group of Goldman Sachs and GE Energy Financial Services for the 298-MW Thunder…
GE Power joins industry leaders to kick-off conversation on power plant flexibility
The Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) is a partnership of the world’s key economies working together to accelerate the global clean energy transition, GE.
Enel to begin construction on Peru’s largest wind farm
Enel, through its subsidiary Enel Green Power Peru (EGPP), has started construction of Wayra I1, its first wind farm in Peru, located in the district of Marcona, Ica region. The facility, where the first wind turbines are currently being installed, will have a total capacity of 132 MW and, once completed, will be the country’s…
Enel kicks off construction of 298-MW Thunder Ranch wind farm in Oklahoma
Enel S.p.A., through its subsidiary Enel Green Power North America (EGPNA), has started construction of the Thunder Ranch wind farm in the U.S. which, once completed, will have a total installed capacity of 298 MW. The overall investment in the construction of Thunder Ranch amounts to approximately $435 million, which is part of the investment…
Enel kicks off operation of its first North Dakota wind project
Enel S.p.A., through its subsidiary Enel Green Power North America, Inc. (EGPNA), has started operations of Lindahl wind farm, which is Enel’s first project in the state of North Dakota. “The completion of Lindahl furthers our strong growth in the U.S.,” said Rafael Gonzalez, Head of EGPNA. “We are proud to be a part of…
Enel begins operation of its largest U.S. wind farm
Enel S.p.A., through its renewables subsidiary Enel Green Power North America (EGPNA), has brought online the 400-MW Cimarron Bend wind farm in Clark County, Kansas, U.S. Cimarron Bend is the largest wind farm in Enel’s global portfolio. The wind facility, whose construction required a total investment of about $610 million, is owned by EGPNA Renewable Energy…
ENEL partners with Hawaii clean energy start-up incubator Energy Excelerator
Energy Excelerator is a non-profit organization with the mission to solve the world’s energy systems challenges through innovation, funded by the U.S. Navy, U.S. Department of Energy, and corporate partners.
Enel Group and GE Energy turn U.S. renewable partnership into a joint venture
Enel S.p.A., through its U.S.-based renewables subsidiary Enel Green Power North America (EGPNA), has signed and closed an agreement with GE Energy Financial Services. The transaction was closed following a letter agreement signed in November 2016 between EGPNA and GE Energy Financial Services and the completion of all required regulatory approvals. Under the agreement EGPNA has…
ENEL is betting that developing economies will go big on wind, solar & hydro-power
In its updated plan for 2017-2019, the Italian utility ENEL SpA has expanded its earnings targets with an aggressive capital-expenditure program for 6.7 GW of renewable energy capacity. And that’s just over the next three years, which probably makes ENEL the largest single investor globally at the moment in such capacity. Of crucial note here: ENEL…