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EDP Renewables North America

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Type
  
private

Products
  
wind power

Headquarters
  
Houston

Industry
  
Renewable energy

Website
  
www.horizonwind.com

Founded
  
1998

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Predecessor
  
Zilkha Renewable Energy Horizon Wind Energy

Parent organizations
  
EDP Renováveis, EDP Renewables North America LLC

EDP Renewables North America (former names: Zilkha Renewable Energy and Horizon Wind Energy) is a wind energy developer based in Houston, Texas. It has developed wind farms in New York, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Washington, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Oregon, Texas, Indiana, and Illinois.

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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. It became a part EDP Renewables which was listed in 2008. On 1 July 2011, the company changed its name from Horizon Wind Energy to EDP Renewables North America LLC.

Operations

EDP Renewables North America has developed the following operating projects:

  • Blue Canyon Wind Farm
  • Elkhorn Valley Wind Farm
  • Lone Star Wind Farm
  • Kittitas Valley Wind Farm
  • Lost Lakes Wind Farm
  • Madison Wind Farm
  • Wild Horse Wind Farm
  • Maple Ridge Wind Farm
  • Meadow Lake Wind Farm
  • Meridian Way Wind Farm
  • Mill Run Wind Energy Center in Pennsylvania
  • Pioneer Prairie Wind Farm
  • Prairie Star Wind Farm
  • Rail Splitter Wind Farm
  • Rattlesnake Road Wind Farm
  • Top Crop Wind Farm
  • Twin Groves Wind Farm
  • Wheat Field Wind Farm
  • References

    EDP Renewables North America Wikipedia