fact sheet - BHE Renewables

CUSTOMERSERVICE EMPLOYEECOMMITMENT ENVIRONMENTALRESPECT REGULATORYINTEGRITY OPERATIONALEXCELLENCE FINANCIALSTRENGTH
BHE RENEWABLES
TOTAL CONTRACT CAPACITY –
OWNED AND UNDER
CONSTRUCTION
3,470 megawatts
Solar
1,271 megawatts
Wind
681 megawatts
Geothermal
327 megawatts
Hydro
138 megawatts
Natural Gas
1,053 megawatts
BHE Renewables, based in Des Moines, Iowa, encompasses BHE Solar,
BHE Wind, BHE Geothermal, BHE Hydro, and renewable project
development and commercial management.
PROVIDING CLEAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS
WILLIAM J. FEHRMAN
President and CEO
• BHE Renewables owns solar, wind, geothermal and hydro projects
that produce energy for both the wholesale market and for
customers under long-term power purchase agreements.
SOLAR
• BHE Renewables owns 1,271 megawatts
of solar-powered generation.
RICHARD G. WEECH
President
BHE Renewables
International
THOMAS J. BUDLER
• BHE Renewables owns a 49 percent
interest in the Agua Caliente solar farm
in partnership with NRG Energy. The
290-megawatt solar photovoltaic power
plant is located in Yuma County, Ariz.,
and was completed in April 2014.
• Topaz Solar Farms is a 550-megawatt
solar photovoltaic power plant in San
Luis Obispo County, Calif. The project
reached substantial completion in late
2014.
President
BHE Wind
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OURCOREPRINCIPLES
CUSTOMERSERVICE EMPLOYEECOMMITMENT ENVIRONMENTALRESPECT REGULATORYINTEGRITY OPERATIONALEXCELLENCE FINANCIALSTRENGTH
• The 579-megawatt Solar Star development, two co-located
projects in Kern and Los Angeles counties, Calif., will be
complete in 2015.
WIND
• BHE Renewables owns 681 megawatts of wind-powered
generation in operation and under construction.
• The 168-megawatt Pinyon Pines Wind I and 132-megawatt
Pinyon Pines Wind II projects, located near Tehachapi, Calif.,
were acquired in November 2012 and completed in
December 2012.
• The 81-megawatt Bishop Hill II wind farm in Henry County,
Ill., began commercial operation in December 2012.
• The 300-megawatt Jumbo Road wind project near Amarillo,
Texas, will be complete in 2015.
GEOTHERMAL
• BHE Renewables is a leader in the development and
production of energy from geothermal and natural gas
resources.
• Operating as CalEnergy, the company owns 10 geothermal
facilities in California’s Imperial Valley. The combined
capacity at Imperial Valley is 327 net megawatts (nominal).
• Its natural gas-fueled plants include a 551-megawatt plant in
Illinois, a 240-megawatt plant in New York, a 212-megawatt
plant in Texas and a 50-megawatt plant in Arizona.
HYDRO
• BHE Renewables owns the Wailuku hydroelectric facility,
located in Hawaii, which has the capacity to produce up to
10 megawatts of reliable, noncarbon energy.
• Through a build-operate-transfer arrangement with the
Philippine government, BHE Renewables operates and
maintains a power plant on the Philippine island of Luzon.
Commencing commercial operation in December 2001,
the 128-megawatt Casecnan Multipurpose Irrigation and
Power Project is a combined hydro and irrigation facility
that diverts water from the Casecnan and Taan rivers
through a 16-mile-long tunnel to a generating plant.
www.bherenewables.com
JANUARY 2015