IEA Renewable Energy handled the EPC and Morgan Stanley financed the project which features GE 1.85 turbines. In 2013, it was acquired by Invenergy and reached Commercial Operation in September 2014. Each project has a nameplate capacity of 20 MW and provides power to Southern California Edison. The project was developed jointly with Infigen Energy and sold to Duke Energy Renewables in 2014. Swinerton Renewable Energy managed the EPC. Both projects reached Commercial Operation in November 2014. Pioneer executed a 10-year PPA with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. in 2013.
"...companies no longer are purchasing wind-generated electricity — and other renewable energy, for that matter — simply to demonstrate their commitment to sustainability or to bolster their images as environmentally conscious organizations. Increasingly, they are turning to wind because it makes financial sense..."
"Look at the Journal‘s commentary on acid rain, on the ozone layer, and on climate change. There is a pattern: Deny the science, question the motives, exaggerate the costs, help the polluters. When they are wrong this often, but keep at it, you have to wonder whether they care about whether they’re...
"Humans are releasing planet-warming carbon dioxide at about 10 times faster than the most rapid event of anytime in at least the past 66 million years. This leaves us without a historical analogue to guide predictions for how climate change will affect the world in coming years, a new study has found."
