Some 66% of EDPR’s development portfolio is concentrated in the US, where it expects President Obama’s new stimulus bill to significantly increase wind power economics. “Green mandatory demand is the main growth driver to the US wind sector,” it says.
The company raised production capacity by 1,413MW, reaching 5,052MW from 3,639MW. Of this, 50% was in the US, where EDP manages its Horizon subsidiary, while 34% was from Spain and 16% from Portugal and France.
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