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More wind farms are under
construction or in planning and
will be completed within the
next four years.
Adding more wind
to the mix
E.ON acquires a wind-farm operator in
Spain and Portugal.
In August 2007, we significantly expanded our
wind-power business and entered the highly
attractive Spanish and Portuguese wind-power
markets by acquiring ENERGI E2 Renovables
Ibéricas.
Our new subsidiary, which now does business as
E.ON Renovables Iberia, has about 260 megawatts
of installed renewables capacity, predominantly
wind power. It's an ideal platform from which to
expand our wind-power business in Southern
Europe.
Wind power, which emits no CO2, is an important
ingredient in a climate-friendly energy mix. With
high-quality wind farms in favorable locations
like the Iberian Peninsula, we can help protect
the climate in an economically sensible way.
We also entered the world's most attractive
renewables market by acquiring Airtricity in
North America. With a total installed wind-power
capacity of about 900 megawatts, we now rank
among the world leaders in this generation tech-
nology. And by sharing expertise and best prac-
tices across our global organization, we can make
our wind-power operations even more efficient.
Wind power is just one of the ways E.ON fosters
climate protection. We also actively support the
EU's energy-policy agenda and are working hard
to reduce our generation fleet's CO2 emissions.