EDP Renewables North America

EDP Renewables North America
private
Industry Renewable energy
Predecessor Zilkha Renewable Energy
Horizon Wind Energy
Headquarters Houston, Texas, United States
Products wind power
Parent EDP Renewables
Website www.horizonwind.com Edit this on Wikidata

EDP Renewables North America (former names: Zilkha Renewable Energy and Horizon Wind Energy) is a wind energy developer based in Houston, Texas, it represents one of the three platforms in which EDP Renewables develops its activity together with Europe and Brazil and Offshore.

It has developed wind farms in New York, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Washington, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Oregon, Texas, Indiana, and Illinois.

History

In 2005, the company (then called Zilkha Renewable Energy, and owned by Selim Zilkha and Michael Zilkha) was purchased by investment bank Goldman Sachs for an undisclosed sum and renamed Horizon Wind Energy, and was acquired by Energias de Portugal in 2007 for $2.15 billion.[1][2] It became a part EDP Renewables in 2007, which is actually headquaartered in Houston, Texas.[3][4] EDPR's main activity is developing, constructing and operating renewable energy projects. The company currently operates 45 wind farms and five solar parks - totaling more than 5,600 MW - in 14 U.S. states as well as in Canada and Mexico. In recent years, EDPR NA has grown significantly to represent EDPR's largest market in term of capacity and production.[5]

Operations

EDP Renewables North America has developed the following operating projects:

References

  1. ↑ Sergio Goncalves (March 27, 2007). "EDP to buy $2.2 bln U.S. Horizon Wind Energy". Reuters. Retrieved 2007-11-17.
  2. ↑ "Executive Profile Michael Zilkha". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  3. ↑ Sergio Goncalves (April 4, 2008). "EDP maintains plan for renewables IPO". Reuters. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
  4. ↑ Sergio Goncalves (June 1, 2008). "UEDP prices renewables IPO at 8 Euros each". Reuters. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
  5. ↑ "Horizon Wind Energy changes name". Power Engineering. PennWell Corporation. 2011-07-01. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
  6. ↑ "Two Oklahoma towns blown away by wind farm benefits". Crop Choice. November 3, 2003. Retrieved 2007-11-17.
  7. ↑ Christine Hall (September 8, 2006). "Houston gets wind of renewable energy source". Houston Business Journal. Retrieved 2007-11-17.
  8. ↑ "Wind farm gets rave reviews". Ashland Daily Tidings. July 23, 2007. Archived from the original on July 24, 2012. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
  9. ↑ Maggie Galehouse (April 18, 2008). "Wind energy spins at the forefront of alternative power sources". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
  10. ↑ "Wind Power & Economic Development: Real Examples from the Pacific Northwest". Renewable Northwest Project. January 25, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-08-06. Retrieved 2007-11-17.
  11. ↑ "Maple Ridge Wind Farm Landmark Project Will Quadruple New York Wind Energy Capacity". Climate Change Chronicles. April 7, 2005. Archived from the original on August 22, 2006. Retrieved 2006-05-16.
  12. ↑ Krizen, Julie (2009-10-23). "New wind farm operating in White County; Meadow Lake Wind Farm phase I complete". WLFI-TV. Archived from the original on 2009-10-27. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
  13. ↑ "Work Begins on Kansas Wind Farm". Springfield Business Journal. April 14, 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
  14. ↑ "Great River Purchasing Power from Prairie Star". Renewable Energy World. January 24, 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
  15. ↑ "Rail Splitter Wind Farm by the numbers". (Springfield, IL) State Journal-Register. January 30, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
  16. ↑ "Twin Groves Wind Farm may add 170 towers". The Pantagraph. May 31, 2007. Archived from the original on September 11, 2012. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
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