Iberdrola Renewables, the U.S. subsidiary of the renewable energy unit of the Spanish power company, has completed construction of the 149 megawatt, $300 million Rugby Wind Power Project located in Pierce County, near the town of Rugby, N.D.
Iberdrola will sell 40 megawatts of the plant’s 149 megawatts capacity to Missouri River Energy Services (MRES), an electricity coop with 60 members in Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. In a statement, Iberdrola said it would continue to market the rest of the plant’s output.
Iberdrola operates more than 3,500 megawatts of wind power in the U.S. The company will have spent $2 billion in capital expenditures supporting U.S.-based wind projects in 2008 alone.
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