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EDPR secures 150 MW of PPAs for a new wind farm in the US

Thursday, 10 May 2018

EDPR secures 150 MW of PPAs for a new wind farm in the US

Pursuant to the terms and for the purposes of the article 17 of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and of article 248-A of the Portuguese Securities code, EDP - Energias de Portugal, S.A. (“EDP”) is providing the following information to the market:




EDP Renováveis, S.A. (“EDPR”), 82.6% controlled by EDP, announced today that its subsidiary, EDP Renewables North America LLC, secured two Power Purchase Agreements (“PPA”) to sell the energy produced from its Broadlands wind farm project. A 15-year PPA for 50 MW has been secured with a Commercial & Industrial (C&I) entity and a 20-year PPA for 100 MW has been secured with Wabash Valley Power Association.




Broadlands wind farm is located in the state of Illinois, US, with start of operations expected for 2019.




EDPR has already secured 1.6 GW of wind energy long-term agreements in the US for projects to be installed in 2016-2020. 




With these new arrangements, EDPR has now secured 90% of the 3.5 GW targeted global capacity additions for 2016-2020 period, as announced at EDP Group Capital Markets Day in May 2016.




EDPR's success in securing new PPAs reinforces its low-risk profile and growth strategy based on the development of competitive projects with long-term visibility.



EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A.