Construction of the wind farm in Murray and Carter Counties will costabout $250m, and the plant is expected to be completed and in service by the endof 2014, EGP added.
Developer RES Americas in July tied up a power-purchaseagreement with wholesale supplier ArkansasElectric Cooperative Corporation (AECC).
EGP said the wind farm qualifies under the terms of theProduction Tax Credit federal incentive.
The Italian group has almost 1.3GW