The company has commissioned the Grandview I onshore wind farm in Texas Panhandle and the Fort Huachuca solar plant located in Arizona.
Located 26 miles east of Amarillo, the 211MW Grandview I wind farm harvests the extraordinary wind resource in the area.
Featuring 118 wind turbines, the wind facility will generate enough electricity to power 64,000 homes while avoiding 482,000t of greenhouse gas emissions per year which is equivalent of the annual emissions from 100,000 US passenger vehicles.
The Grandview wind farm is being developed by a joint venture between EON and GE Energy Financial Services.
Located in southern Arizona, the Fort Huachuca solar plant has been developed in partnership with Tucson Electric Power (TEP) and the U.S. Army Energy Initiatives Task Force (EITF).
E.ON was responsible for construction management and supply chain services for the project.
Power generated from the solar plant, which will be owned and operated by TEP, will be sold to Fort Huachuca under a long-term contract.
E.ONs renewables division CEO Eckhardt Rümmler said: "The commissioning of a solar project and a wind farm demonstrates our capability to work successfully with a range of technologies.
"It is a major advantage that E.ON is able to handle different regimes and partners globally."
Image: E.ON developed 2.7GW of wind projects in the US since 2005. Photo: courtesy of 2nix/Freedigitalphotos.net.
