NRG Yield – the “yieldco” spun out of NRG Energy – will pay developer Terra-Genn Power $870m and assume $1.6bn of financing.

The buyer will get the 947MW of operating wind capacity at Alta Wind in Tehachapi, plus land leases.

NRG Yield said it will fund the deal through a mixture of new debt, equity and cash.

Involved in the deal are Alta I (150MW); Alta II (150MW); Alta III (150MW); Alta IV (102MW); Alta V (168MW); Alta X (137MW) and Alta XI (90MW).

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