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The White Creek Wind Project is the first large-scale wind project in which BEF was a direct financial participant at the development stage, and is the nation’s largest wind project owned by public power providers. The 205 MW project will use 89 Siemens 2.3 MW wind turbines, producing enough power for 38,000 residences. The project is built on 9,500 acres of ranchland, with ranching continuing up to the turbine tower bases.
BEF played an instrumental role in the development of this wind farm. We joined with 4 small consumer-owned utilities in Washington who wished to develop a wind farm but could not afford to do so individually. BEF provided a share of the early financing to allow the group to secure wind development rights on the 9,500 acre site. Once the land was secured, BEF was instrumental in linking the group directly with associates at Siemens, enabling the project to secure turbines at a favorable price in a very tight market. Post construction, we will be purchasing a significant number of the renewable energy certificates from the wind farm which we will, in turn, resell to generate additional funds for the next groundbreaking renewable energy project.
BEF uses the Green-e Climate's "Protocol for Renewable Energy" to certify this project for use in Green-e Climate certified Wind Offsets and Wind & Solar Blend Offsets, and to calculate the reduced greenhouse gas emissions caused by this project. This project passed the following additionality tests required by Protocol for Renewable Energy: (1) Performance and Technology Test, (2) Timing Test, and (3) Legal and Regulatory Test. |
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