A BILLION INTO WIND BEFORE THE PTC GOES

BP and Sempra in $1bn wind expansion; BP Wind Energy and Sempra Energy have announced a $1 billion plan to build a pair of American wind farms totalling 560MW
Mark Anderson, 11 January 2012 (Wind Power Monthly)

"…[T]he 141MW Mehoopany wind farm in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, and the 419 MW Flat Ridge 2 wind farm near Wichita, Kansas…will be the largest to date in their respective states and are fully contracted under long-term power purchase agreements.

"The two projects will use 1.6MW GE turbines and are expected to be online late this year, making them eligible for the lucrative federal production tax credit before its scheduled expiration at end of the year."

They're investing now but if Congress doesn't reverse course, it will all come to a hard stop next year. (click to enlarge)

"BP Wind Energy and Sempra combined in 2009 on…[on 450 megawatts of wind in Indiana and Colorado]...

"BP Wind Energy, part of BP Alternative Energy, is a principal owner and operator of wind power facilities with interest in 13 wind farms and gross generating capacity of 1,730 MW. Sempra US Gas & Power, a developer of renewable energy and natural gas, is a subsidiary of holding company Sempra Energy."