Monday 16 August 2010

Enel Green Power adds 24 MW wind farm in France

af.reuters.com
Aug 9, 2010

MILAN Aug 9 (Reuters) - Italy's biggest renewable energy company. Enel Green Power, has started operating a new wind farm with a 24MW capacity in France, boosting its total wind power generation capacity there to 92MW, it said on Monday. Enel Green Power, the renewable energy arm of Europe's most indebted utility Enel, is getting ready for an initial public offering of its shares in October. The new wind farm in north-eastern France will produce more than 50 millionkW hours of electricity a year, which is enough to meet annual energy needs of about 15,000 households. Enel Green Power said in a statement.

The energy produced by the farm's 12 wind turbines will take the place of the emission of 40,000 tonnes of CO2 a year. With the new wind farm. Enel Green Power's total installed wind capacity in France reaches 92MW, with an annual output of over 200 millionkWh, while other wind power plants with 64MW are currently under construction, it said. Enel Green Power generates energy from water, sun, wind and other renewable energy sources and has a total installed capacity of more than 5,700MW.

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