Enel buys Rattlesnake Creek 320 MW wind farm to power Facebook
Italian energy company Enel has begun construction work on the $430m, 320 MW Rattlesnake Creek wind project, set to power Facebook's data centre in Papillion, Nebraska. The site was purchased from long-term strategic development partner Tradewind Energy, while a bundled, long-term power purchase agreement will see Facebook buy 200 MW of the project's power and renewable energy credits. When fully operational, Rattlesnake Creek will generate 1.3 TWh per of power per year.
Enel SpA (BIT:ENEL) has acquired the 320-MW Rattlesnake Creek wind project in the US state of Nebraska and has started construction of the facility, the Italian utility said today.

The project was acquired from Kansas-based Tradewind Energy, which is a long-term strategic development partner of Enel. It was announced in October that the wind farm will power Facebook Inc's (NASDAQ:FB) data centre in Papillion, Nebraska. The social media company will buy a 200-MW portion of the power and renewable energy credits from the project under a bundled, long-term power purchase agreement (PPA).

Enel said it is financing the wind farm, which will cost USD 430 million (EUR 366m) to build, through its own resources. Once operational, the park will produce some 1.3 TWh per of clean power year.

The company owns the project through a subsidiary of its US renewable energy company Enel Green Power North America Inc.

(USD 1 = EUR 0.851)

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