FirstEnergy announced it has entered into 20-year agreements to purchase the combined 250MW output of two new wind power generation projects being developed in West Virginia by US Wind Force, LLC, a renewable energy company based in Wexford, Pennsylvania, and its joint venture partner Padoma Wind Power, LLC, based in La Jolla, California.
The projects include:
o Mt Storm; a 150MW project to be located in Grant County, West Virginia, near the town of Bayard.
o Liberty Gap; a 100MW project to be located in Pendleton County, West Virginia, south of the town of Franklin.
Both projects are targeted to be operational by December 2007. The power purchase agreements are contingent upon completion of financing and receipt of regulatory approvals for the projects.