North American Windpower: Camp Springs Wind Farm Begins Commercial Operation

Camp Springs Wind Farm Begins Commercial Operation

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by NAW Staff on Thursday 12 July 2007

Invenergy Wind LLC, a subsidiary of Chicago-based Invenergy LLC, has announced the start of commercial operation at its 130.5 MW Camp Springs Wind Energy Facility. The project, located in Scurry County, Texas, consists of 87 General Electric 1.5 sle turbines.

All power generated will be sold into the Electrical Reliability Council of Texas wholesale market. Commodity price risk was mitigated under a long-term hedging structure that Invenergy Wind completed with Fortis Merchant and Private Banking, a division of Fortis, Invenergy notes. Fortis also arranged and provided construction financing for the project.

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