US: BlackRock Close on the Sale of 50 Percent Interest in the 194 MW Spinning Spur 3 Wind Project

This transaction is the third of five signed agreements between BlackRock and EDF Renewable Energy to close. The remaining projects, Roosevelt (250 MW) and Milo (49.65 MW) wind projects, will close upon completion of construction and tax-equity financing.

The Project, located 50 miles west of Amarillo in Oldham County, commenced construction of its 97 Vestas V-100 2 MW wind turbines in October 2014 and declared commercial operation in September 2015. The clean electricity generated from the Spinning Spur 3 Wind Project feeds into the CREZ (Competitive Renewable Energy Zone) transmission infrastructure and provided to two municipal utilities, Georgetown Utility Systems and Garland Power & Light, under long-term Power Purchase Agreements.

EDF RE remains closely involved in Spinning Spur 3 Wind maintaining 50 percent ownership stake. EDF Renewable Services, the leading provider of renewable operations and maintenance services in North America, will provide balance-of-plant operations and maintenance for the facility including 24/7 remote monitoring from its NERC compliant Operations Control Center (OCC).

BlackRock operates one of the largest renewable power investment platforms in the world with over $1.5 billion of equity assets under management. The Longhorn project is the 32nd transaction completed to date by BlackRock Infrastructure in the renewables space, bringing the total invested portfolio to approximately 1,300 MW of wind and solar projects located across the USA, Canada, Ireland, Sweden, France and the UK.

EDF Renewable Energy is one of the largest renewable energy developers in North America with 6 gigawatts of wind, solar, biomass, and biogas projects developed throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.