Enbridge Inc. announced that it has entered into an agreement with Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. (RES Americas) for construction of the 110-megawatt (MW) Keechi Wind Project, located in Jack County, Texas, at a cost of approximately $0.2 billion. Construction for Keechi Wind commenced in December 2013 and the project is expected to reach commissioning in the first quarter of 2015. Upon attaining commercial operation, MetLife Inc. will provide tax equity financing for the project.

The project will deliver electricity into the Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc. (ERCOT) market, under a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Microsoft Corporation. The Keechi Wind project comprises 55 Vestas V100-2.0 MW turbines and will be constructed by RES Americas under a fixed-price, engineering, procurement and construction agreement. A 12-mile generation tie-line will connect the project to Brazos Electric's Joplin substation.

Vestas will provide turbine operations and maintenance services for the first five years of the project after commercial operation date. Keechi Wind brings the total generating capacity of the green power projects in which Enbridge has interests to more than 1,800 MW - enough to meet the energy needs of more than 590,000 homes. The project also contributes to Enbridge's 'Neutral Footprint' commitment to generate a kilowatt of renewable energy for every additional kilowatt of conventional electricity that the company's liquids pipelines operations consume.