Enel Green Power North America has started construction of the 300-MW Seven Cowboy wind project in Kiowa and Washita counties in Oklahoma. Seven Cowboy’s 107 turbines are expected to generate over 1.3 TWh of energy each year, equivalent to the electricity needs of over 120,000 US households. The project is expected to generate over $55…
Several global companies purchasing 111 MW block of Enel Green Power Texas wind project
MilliporeSigma, Akamai Technologies, Synopsys and Uber signed power purchase agreements with Enel Green Power for the energy produced by a 111-MW portion of the Azure Sky wind project located in Texas. The aggregation deal, a model that lets companies with smaller and more distributed energy needs to combine their renewable energy demand to collaboratively purchase…
Enel Green Power expanding Cimarron Bend wind farm by 199 MW
Enel Green Power started construction on the 199-MW expansion of the Cimarron Bend wind farm in Clark County, Kansas. The expansion, consisting of 74 turbines, will increase the wind farm’s capacity to 599 MW from the current 400 MW, making it the largest wind farm in Enel’s North American portfolio. Construction, which will involve an…
Enel Green Power connects 3 North American wind farms to the grid
Enel Green Power North America has begun operating a 50-MW expansion of the High Lonesome wind farm in Upton and Crockett Counties, in Texas, increasing the largest operational wind project in the Group’s global renewable portfolio to 500 MW. The company also connected its 105-MW Riverview and 29.4-MW Castle Rock Ridge II wind farms in…
Enel begins construction on close to 300 MW of new U.S. wind projects
Enel, through its U.S, renewables company Enel Green Power North America, Inc., has started construction on two new wind farms in the U.S., totaling close to 300 MW of new renewable capacity. These new wind facilities, together with the 450-MW High Lonesome wind project and the 497-MW Roadrunner solar project, both being built in Upton…
Enel’s new Missouri wind farm to supply clean energy to AECI
Enel Green Power North America, Inc., the Enel Group’s U.S.-based renewable company, announced that it has signed a power purchase agreement with its subsidiary White Cloud Wind Project and Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. (AECI), a power utility based in Missouri. In line with the agreement, AECI will purchase the entire output generated by the 236.5-MW…
EGP to offset 100% of the electricity used to power Super Bowl week with wind
Enel Green Power’s (EGP) renewable energy customer Anheuser-Busch announced that the company will supply the upcoming Atlanta’s Super Bowl Host Committee with renewable energy attributes to power the equivalent of the city’s energy consumption for six days, including during the largest sporting event of the year. The renewable energy attributes will offset 100% of the…
Enel Green Power brings 620 MW of new wind capacity online in the U.S.
Enel, through its U.S. renewable company Enel Green Power North America (EGPNA), has started operations of the 320-MW Rattlesnake Creek wind farm, its first wind facility in Nebraska, and the Diamond Vista wind farm of about 300-MW in Kansas. Combined, the two new wind farms will generate around 2,600 GWh annually. With these two wind…
Enel Green Power sells power from 185-MW Illinois wind farm to corporate customers
Enel, through its US renewable company Enel Green Power North America (EGPNA), has begun operation of the 185-MW HillTopper wind farm, its first wind facility in Illinois. HillTopper, which is located in Logan County, is supported by three long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Bloomberg LP, General Motors and Constellation, an Exelon company. “The completion…
Enel starts work on 100-MW wind farm in Mexico
The Enel Group, through its renewable subsidiary Enel Green Power Mexico (EGPM), has begun the construction of the 100-MW Amistad II wind farm in the northern State of Coahuila. Amistad II is the first project to start construction of those awarded in Mexico’s Third Long Term Auction, which was held in November of last year.…
Wind energy to power Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center
Comcast Spectacor, owner of the Wells Fargo Center arena and the National Hockey League’s Philadelphia Flyers, has reached a long-term agreement with Constellation that will introduce a 100% renewable energy supply to Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center. The renewable energy commitment occurs in conjunction with Comcast Spectacor’s expansive $250 million redesign of the venue. This agreement will completely…
OPSU announces new scholarships, thanks to major Enel Green Power donation
Oklahoma Panhandle State University (OPSU) has announced new scholarship opportunities made possible by a $150,000 donation from Enel Green Power (EGP) for students majoring in wind energy or education. The gift, paid over three years, is the largest donation by a single wind energy company in Panhandle State history. “This program changes the game for the wind energy…
Enel’s new 320-MW U.S. wind project to power Facebook data centre in Nebraska
Enel Green Power North America, Inc. (EGPNA), the U.S. renewable energy company of the Enel Group, has started construction of the Rattlesnake Creek wind farm in the United States. Once completed, Rattlesnake Creek will have a total installed capacity of 320 MW and will be Enel’s first wind farm in the state of Nebraska. “This…
Enel signs agreement for Oklahoma’s 300-MW Red Dirt wind project
Enel Green Power North America, (EGPNA), acting through its subsidiary Red Dirt Wind Holdings, has signed a tax-equity agreement worth approximately $340 million with MUFG and Allianz Renewable Energy Partners of America. The contract is for the Red Dirt wind project located in Oklahoma, which has a total installed capacity of about 300 MW. Under…
Enel starts construction of 300-MW Red Dirt wind farm in Oklahoma
Enel S.p.A., through its subsidiary Enel Green Power North America (EGPNA), has started construction of the 300-MW Red Dirt wind farm in the U.S. The wind facility, owned by EGPNA subsidiary Red Dirt Wind Project, LLC, will be located in Kingfisher and Logan Counties in Oklahoma. Once completed, Red Dirt will be able to generate approximately 1,200…
EGP has a record-breaking year in renewables with 2,018 MW of built projects
Enel Green Power (EGP), Enel’s Global Renewable Energies Division, has made 2016 a record-breaking year after building an all-time high 2,018 MW of new renewables’ capacity in the last 12 months. This record is a major achievement for EGP, which more than doubled its result from 2015, when just over 900 MW of capacity were…
Enel signs deals to buy 3.5 GW of wind turbines in U.S.
Enel Green Power North America (EGPNA) has signed master supply agreements with three separate top-tier wind-turbine manufacturers to support the future development of about 3.5 GW of new wind capacity in the U.S. The projects are not yet under construction. “Through these agreements we will continue our strategy to grow in wind and invest in the…
Enel Green Power wins preferred bidder status for 850-MW Morocco Wind Project
Enel Green Power (EGP) has been awarded “preferred bidder status” at the “second phase of the wind-integrated project” tender held by the Moroccan utility ONEE (Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau Potable). This is in consortium with the Moroccan energy company Nareva Holding, and German wind-turbine manufacturer Siemens Wind Power. The consortium has been…
GE providing capital and technology in the Heartland with Enel Green Power
GE providing capital and technology in the Heartland with Enel Green Power Providing capital and technology to farm the wind in America’s heartland with global renewable energy company Enel Green Power, GE (NYSE: GE) is investing common equity and supplying turbines for the 250-MW Buffalo Dunes Wind Project in Kansas. This transaction expands GE Energy…
Vestas Receives Order for 77 MW in Spain
Vestas has received an order for a total of 24 units of the V90-2.0 MW turbine and 16 units of the V90-1.8 MW turbine for three projects in Spain. The contract comprises supply, installation, a VestasOnline® Business SCADA solution, as well as a five-year service agreement. The first turbines are expected to be installed by…