Southern Power, a U.S. wholesale energy provider and subsidiary of Southern Co., has purchased the 136-megawatt Skookumchuck Wind Facility in Washington state from Renewable Energy Systems (RES).
Financial terms were not disclosed.
The project, located in Lewis and Thurston counties, is Southern Power’s first wind facility in the state. It will be the company’s 12th wind project overall, adding to Southern Power’s 3,190-megawatt renewable fleet of clean generating assets, which consists of 40 solar and wind facilities spanning from California to Maine.
The acquisition brings Southern Power’s wind portfolio to more than 1,960 megawatts of wind generation.
Southern Power, the majority owner, has agreed to sell a minority stake in the facility to TransAlta Corp. once commercial operation is reached.
Skookumchuck was developed by RES and is expected to utilize 38 wind turbines manufactured by Vestas. Once operational, the electricity generated
