Eads – Enel Green Power, through its subsidiary Enel Green Power North America, Inc., has started construction on a new wind farm in Oklahoma, USA. The Little Elk wind project, located in Kiowa and Washita Counties, Oklahoma, adjacent to EGP-NA’s existing 150 MW Rocky Ridge wind farm, will have a total installed capacity of 74 MW. Once fully operational, the new wind farm will be able to generate annually up to 330 GWh, equivalent to the energy consumption needs of over 27,000 U.S. households and avoiding the emission of over 150,000 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere each year. EGP will be investing a total of approximately 130 million US dollars to construct Little Elk. The plant is supported by a 25 year-power purchase agreement with People’s Electric Cooperative of Oklahoma. The wind farm is expected to be online by the end of 2015. (9colonne)
