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Enel Begins Construction Of 185 Megawatt HillTopper Wind Farm In Illinois, Signs PPAs With Bloomberg LP & General Motors

Clean Power Enel Green Power North America has begun construction of its 185 megawatt (MW) HillTopper wind farm, its first in Illinois, which has already signed Power Purchase Agreements with two corporate offtakers, Bloomberg LP and General Motors.

From article, (Enel Green Power North America has begun construction of its 185 megawatt (MW) HillTopper wind farm, its first in Illinois, which has already signed Power Purchase Agreements with two corporate offtakers, Bloomberg LP and General Motors.

Investment for the project amounts to around $325 million and it was acquired by Enel Group from developer Swift Current Energy

Upon expected completion later this year, HillTopper is expected to generate around 570 gigawatt-hours (GWh). Specifically, HillTopper has already signed Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with global business and financial information and news leader Bloomberg LP and global vehicle company General Motors. Bloomberg LP has secured 17 MW under a PPA that will go towards supporting its target of becoming 100% powered by renewable energy by 2025, while General Motors signed a PPA for 100 MW of the electricity generated from HillTopper which will go towards supporting all of its Ohio and Indiana manufacturing facilities.

“Our agreement with HillTopper is part of our strategy to generate or source all electrical power for our global operations with 100 percent renewable energy by 2050,” added Rob Threlkeld, global manager of renewable energy, General Motors. “When the turbines come online later this year, we will be 20 percent of the way to our goal.”

“For Illinois consumers, clean energy is increasingly synonymous with affordable energy. Enel’s new HillTopper facility will expand Illinois’ renewable energy supply — which leads to more favorable market prices for all consumers of electricity — while also unleashing job growth and economic development in the state,” said David Kolata, Executive Director of Illinois Citizens Utility Board. “As one of the world’s largest energy companies, Enel’s investment here is another resounding sign that Illinois has arrived as a leader in the clean energy economy and that consumers are capturing the benefits.”

HillTopper also continues the impressive work of Enel Green Power North America in the region, with around 100 operating projects with capacity exceeding 4.2 GW and more under development in 23 US states and 2 Canadian provinces. In 2017, the company was the fastest growing renewable energy company in the United States, bringing approximately 1.2 GW worth of new capacity online in a single year.)

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