Enel Green Power North America has started commercial operations at two renewable energy projects in the US totalling 318MW.
Power is now being generated from the first 252MW phase of the Roadrunner solar farm in Texas and the 66MW Whitney Hill wind farm in Illinois.
Work on the 497MW Roadrunner project started in February and will be the largest operational solar farm in Texas upon completion of the second phase, which is expected in late 2020.
Once fully operational, the project will sell 65MW of electricity to Mondelez International and 70MW to The Clorox Company under power purchase agreements.
It will generate approximately 1200 gigawatt-hours of electricity a year.
Whitney Hill is located in Logan County, adjacent to the company’s 185MW Hilltopper wind farm that began commercial operation in December 2018.
The project is expected to generate around 246 GWh a year.
Both Whitney Hill and Hilltopper were developed by Swift Current Energy.
Enel Green Power North America head Georgios Papadimitriou said: “This milestone emphasizes the scale of Enel Green Power’s capability to develop, build and operate projects across diverse geographies and technologies in the US.
“We continue to aggressively pursue opportunities for growth in North America, capitalizing on strong C&I demand for sustainable power and accelerating the transition to a carbon-free economy.”
Enel Green Power has another six projects under construction including the second 245MW phase of Roadrunner, plus five wind farms.
They are the 236.5MW White Cloud in Missouri, the 299MW Aurora in North Dakota, the 50MW expansion of High Lonesome in Texas and the 105 MW Riverview and 29.4MW Castle Rock Ridge 2 projects both in Alberta, Canada.