Enbridge Inc. Announces 110MW Wind Project for Texas

Enbridge Inc.  has announced a deal to invest US$200 million in a 110-megawatt wind project in Texas, known as the Keechi Wind Project. It will involve Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. which is a firm based in Colorado that has a history of three previous wind projects with Enbridge. Upon the commencement of commercial operations at Keechi, tax equity financing will be provided by an insurance company;MetLife Inc.

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The Keechi Wind project construction phase began in December 2013 and is planned for completion in Spring of next year, 2015. The power generated from the wind will be gridded into the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, under a 20 year electricity purchase agreement with the Microsoft Corporation.

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Enbridge’s vice president of green power and transmission, Don Thompson, pictured above, said:

“As the nation’s leader in wind energy — both in installed capacity and number of turbines — Texas represents a natural extension for Enbridge’s growing U.S. renewable energy portfolio.” 

With the latest investment, Enbridge- which has concentrated more and more on green energy- has over 1,800 megawatts of green power capacity in its portfolio of projects. That’s enough to supply nearly 600,000 US homes. It used to be better known as a shipper of crude oil, but now claims to be making an overall “neutral footprint” commitment by generating Kw for Kw a match in electricity produced by renewable energy against conventional electricity its liquids pipeline operations consume.