ENEL STARTS CONSTRUCTION OF NEW WIND FARM IN THE U.S.
ROME -- Enel, through its US renewable energy company Enel Green Power North America, Inc. (EGPNA), has started construction of Diamond Vista wind farm, which will have an installed capacity of around 300 MW and will be located in Marion and Dickinson Counties, in Kansas. Once completed, Diamond Vista will further secure Enel’s position as the largest wind capacity operator in the state with approximately 1,400 MW of operational wind energy.
Investment in the construction of Diamond Vista amounts to approximately $400 million and is part of the investment outlined in the Enel Group’s current strategic plan. The project is financed through the Enel Group’s own resources. The project is expected to enter into service by the end of 2018 and, once fully operational, will be able to generate around 1,300 GWh annually.
The power and renewable energy credits from a 100 MW portion of Diamond Vista will be sold to global manufacturing company Kohler Co. under a bundled, long-term power purchase agreement (PPA). The wind energy will supply 100% of the annual electricity needed to power Kohler’s US and Canadian operations, including its 85 manufacturing facilities, offices and warehouses, and will reduce Kohler’s global greenhouse gas emissions by more than 25%. The project is supported by two additional bundled long-term PPAs under which the power and renewable energy credits from another 100 MW portion will be sold to City Utilities of Springfield and those from the 84 MW portion to Tri-County Electric Cooperative of Oklahoma.
The facility is owned by EGPNA’s subsidiary Enel Green Power Diamond Vista Wind Project, LLC. EGPNA acquired the project from Tradewind Energy, their long-term strategic development partner, headquartered in Kansas.
In Kansas, Enel operates five additional wind farms, Smoky Hills I & II, Caney River, Buffalo Dunes and the company’s largest wind farm globally, the 400 MW Cimarron Bend wind farm.
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