Enel's Caney River wind farm gets $99m US Treasury grant

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Italian renewable energy giant Enel Green Power (EGP) has secured a $99m US Treasury grant for its 200MW Caney River wind farm in Kansas.

The grant – made under Section 1603 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 – will go to a consortium of tax-equity investors led by JP Morgan, Wells Fargo Wind Holdings and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.

EGP’s US subsidiary, Enel Green Power North America (EGP-NA), signed a tax-equity partnership agreement with the consortium in December 2011 for Caney River and its 150MW Rocky Ridge wind farm in Oklahoma for around $340m.

Tax-equity partnerships allow tax benefits under legislation covering renewable generation projects to be assigned to passive investors.

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