EDF Energies Nouvelles Signs Close to 1,000 MW of New Operations & Maintenance Contracts in the United States

As part of its Operations & Maintenance business, EDF Energies Nouvelles is announcing the signature, by its US subsidiary enXco, of four new contracts covering 981 MW in capacity with US electricity companies. These contracts lift the total capacity managed by EDF EN under operations & maintenance contracts in the United States to over 3,000 MW.

enXco, leader in operation and maintenance services for wind farms in the United States, has continued its expansion in this business by signing four contracts covering 654 turbines or 981 MW in capacity in several states, namely:

* A contract with PacifiCorp to manage six wind farms with a total of 456 MW in capacity in Oregon and Wyoming;
* A contract with MidAmerican Energy to manage three wind farms with 325.5 MW in total capacity in Iowa;
* The renewal of a contract with Kansas City Power & Light to manage the Spearville wind farm (100.5 MW), which was originally developed by enXco in Kansas and has been run by it since October 2006;
* A contract with Wisconsin Public Service Corp. to manage the Crane Creek wind farm (99 MW) in Iowa, which has also been developed by enXco and is due for delivery in 2009.

enXco’s recognised operations & maintenance expertise in the United States already enabled it to sign, in 2007, four major contracts totalling 868 MW in capacity. All in all, enXco now manages more than 4,500 turbines under operations & maintenance contracts, representing a total of 3,186 MW.

About EDF Energies Nouvelles

With operations in nine European countries and in the United States, EDF Energies Nouvelles is a market leader in renewable energies. With a development focused on wind energy for several years and more recently on solar photovoltaic, now a second priority avenue of development, the Group is also present in other segments of the renewable energies market: small hydro, biomass, biofuel and biogas. In addition, the Group is expanding its presence in the distributed renewable energies sector in partnership with EDF.

EDF Energies Nouvelles is a 50 %-owned subsidiary of the EDF Group. Since November 2006, EDF Energies Nouvelles is listed in Euronext Paris, code “EEN”, ISIN code: FR0010400143).
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