Scout Clean Energy completes construction of 130 MW wind farm
Scout Clean Energy, a Colorado based renewable energy developer, owner and operator, has completed construction of 130 MW Bitter Ridge Wind Farm in Indiana.
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USA, Colorado, Boulder: Scout Clean Energy, a Colorado based renewable energy developer, owner and operator, has completed construction of 130 MW Bitter Ridge Wind Farm in Indiana.
Scout commenced greenfield development of Bitter Ridge in 2016 and construction in August 2019. The Bitter Ridge wind farm is the fourth utility scale wind project to be constructed by the Scout team and will utilize the latest generation GE 2.82 MW wind turbine. Reaching commercial operations at Bitter Ridge will bring Scout’s operational portfolio of onshore wind energy generation to 843 MW spanning the three power markets of ERCOT, PJM and SPP with more than 4,000 MW in its active development pipeline across wind, solar PV, and battery storage.
According to the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Equivalency Calculator, Bitter Ridge is predicted to offset over 292,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually and over 10 M metric tons during its operating life.
As previously announced by Scout, a 15-year power purchase agreement has been signed with Constellation, an Exelon company, for the long-term purchase of renewable energy and capacity generated by Bitter Ridge.
The project has a tax incentive agreement in place with Jay County which will result in $1.56 M payments by Bitter Ridge for the benefit of several local community initiatives. It is estimated that the county will receive more than $18 M in tax revenues over the expected life of the project.
The completion of construction of Bitter Ridge follows the final commissioning of Scout’s 180 MW Heart of Texas wind farm earlier in 2020.
Source: PR Newswire