Enel Green Power starts construction of new 100 MW wind farm in Mexico

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The Enel Group, through its renewable subsidiary Enel Green Power Mexico (EGPM), has begun the construction of the 100 MW Amistad II wind farm in the northern State of Coahuila. Amistad II is the first project to start construction of those awarded in Mexico’s Third Long Term Auction, which was held in November 2017. The overall investment in the construction of the facility amounts to approximately 115 million US dollars, which is part of the investment outlined in Enel’s current Strategic Plan.

Amistad II, located in Ciudad de Acuña, in the State of Coahuila, is scheduled to start operation in the first half of 2020. Once fully operational, the wind farm will be able to generate around 350 GWh annually, avoiding the emission of around 190,000 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere. The construction of Amistad II will be based on Enel's "Sustainable Construction Site" model, incorporating the rational use of resources, such as water saving systems and recycling processes.

In the State of Coahuila, EGP is completing the Americas’ largest PV plant currently under construction, the 828 MW Villanueva plant, recently expanded from 754 MW, as well as the 200 MW Amistad wind farm. In Coahuila, the company was also awarded in the November 2017 tender the 100 MW Amistad III and 149 MW Amistad IV wind facilities, which will be built in Ciudad de Acuña along with Amistad and Amistad II.

The Amistad II wind farm is supported by a contract providing for the sale to the Mexican Centre for Energy Control’s Cámara de Compensación of specified volumes of energy over a 15-year period and of the related clean certificates over a 20-year period.

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