EDPR secures a 200 MW PPA for a new wind farm in the US | edp.com

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 a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (“PPA”) with Great Plains Energy to sell the energy produced by 200 MW from Prairie Queen wind farm.

Prairie Queen wind farm is located in the Allen County, Kansas. Start of operations are expected for 2019.

With this new arrangement EDPR will expand its footprint in Kansas to a total of 600 MW and already secured 1.5 GW of long-term agreements in the US, for projects to be installed in 2016-2020, implying 82% of the 1.8 GW of target capacity additions in the US for the period, as announced at EDP Capital Markets Day in May 2016.

EDPR will continue to execute its growth strategy based on the development of competitive projects with long-term visibility.

EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A.