PPM Energy, ScottishPower’s (NYSE: SPI) U.S. energy business, has announced a 221 megawatt wind project near Wasco, Ore.

Called "Klondike III", it's expected to be commercially operational in 2007.

Located in Sherman County adjacent to PPM’s existing Klondike I and Klondike II Wind Power Plants, Klondike III is expected to generate 221 megawatts (MW) of electricity. Typically, a wind farm of this size can provide clean, renewable electricity to more than 56,000 homes, according to the American Wind Energy Association’s calculation.

Klondike III will use 44 Siemens 2.3 MW wind turbines and 80 GE 1.5 MW wind turbines. PPM Energy is in discussions with a number of entities for the sale of energy and renewable energy credits from the project.

This is PPM Energy sixth wind project in the American northwest. As Terry Hudgens, PPM Energy’s CEO - clearly a hockey fan - said, “whether you measure it from a commercial, environmental or community standpoint, Klondike I was a phenomenal success. So we built Klondike II and repeated the success story. Now we’re building Klondike III and going for a hat trick.”

Klondike III brings the total to 321.7 MW of Oregon wind projects completed or under construction by PPM this year.

Up to 135 jobs, with approximately half of them from the region will be created during the ten month construction period. The project is expected to purchase about $4 million in local construction materials, such as gravel and concrete, and create approximately $1 million of demand for local services, such as fuel, food and lodging.

PPM Energy now has more than 2,000 megawatts of wind energy in operation or under construction.

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www.ppmenergy.com