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Ridgeline Energy, LLC Announces Interconnection Agreement for Idaho Wind Project
BOISE, Idaho-(Business Wire)-December 13, 2006 - Ridgeline Energy, LLC announced today the completion of a large-generator interconnection agreement with PacifiCorp to support Goshen II, a proposed 90-megawatt wind project near Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Goshen II is being developed as a joint venture between Ridgeline Energy and BP Alternative Energy. The companies have obtained conditional use permits from Bonneville and Bingham counties and completed all necessary meteorological and engineering studies to construct the project in 2007.
Ridgeline Energy, LLC focuses on developing utility-scale wind energy projects in the Pacific Northwest and western United States. Ridgeline developed Idaho's first large-scale wind farm and is currently developing several wind projects and a portfolio of sites representing more than 3,700 megawatts of potential capacity. For more information, please visit www.ridgelineenergy.com.
BP is one of the world's largest energy companies, with interests in more than 100 countries and over 96,000 employees. BP Alternative Energy, launched in November 2005, combines all of BP's interests in low and zero-carbon power generation: wind, solar, hydrogen power with carbon capture and storage and gas-fired power generation. BP Alternative Energy is one of the leading wind developers in the United States and is building a total of more than 450 megawatts of new wind facilities in 2007.
