Energy producer Dominion Resources Inc. said Monday it will acquire a 50 per cent interest in a wind-turbine facility being developed by a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc in Grant County, West Virginia, USA.

Financial terms were not disclosed, but Dominion said it will enter a joint venture agreement with Shell WindEnergy Inc. to develop the first phase of a wind facility near Dominion's Mt. Storm Power Station that will consist of 82 wind turbines producing 2MW each.