AES Wind Generation Turns Key on Pennsylvania Wind Farm

January 6, 2010 – Vol.14 No.42

AES Wind Generation Turns Key on Pennsylvania Wind Farm.

AES Wind Generation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The AES Corporation, has announced the start of commercial operation for its 101 MW Armenia Mountain wind farm in Pennsylvania, one of the commonwealth’s largest. Located in north central region of Pennsylvania in Tioga and Bradford Counties, the wind farm is comprised of 67 1.5 MW GE SLE wind turbines.

Marty Crotty, President of AES Wind Generation, said, “Armenia Mountain is our first wind project in PJM Interconnection, which we continue to see as an important market in our U.S. strategy. We look forward to developing new projects in the region.”

Power generated by the Armenia Mountain wind farm will be sold to Delmarva Power & Light and the Old Dominion Electric Cooperative. Each of the investment-grade off takers has contracted to purchase 50 percent of the output under separate 15-year power purchase agreements. AES Wind Generation developed, owns and operates the Armenia Mountain wind farm. RES Americas Construction served as the construction contractor.

With Armenia AES Wind Generation now has global capacity of 1,447 MW, including wind farms in China and France.

The AES Corporation is a Fortune 500 global power company with generation and distribution businesses. Through a diverse portfolio of thermal and renewable fuel sources, the company provides energy in 29 countries. (1/5/10)

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