ItalyÂ’s Enel opens biggest wind farm in U.S.
KANSAS - Italian power company Enel SpA has inaugurated its biggest wind power project, a 250- megawatt U.S. wind farm, Enel said.
The Smoky Hills plant in the state of Kansas will be operational by the end of the year, Enel said in a statement. It is the biggest wind power project built in Great Plains state.
The site can supply the power needs of 85,000 U.S. households, the company said.
GE Financial Services, a unit of General Electric Co., is also an investor in the project.
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Hydro One deal to buy Avista receives U.S. antitrust clearance
TORONTO - Hydro One Ltd. says it has received antitrust clearance in the United States for its deal to acquire U.S. energy company Avista Corp.
The Ontario-based utility says the 30-day waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act expired Thursday night.
Hydro One announced the friendly deal to acquire Avista last summer in an agreement that valued the company at $6.7 billion.
The deal still requires several other approvals, including those from utility commissions in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Montana and Alaska.
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission must also sign off on the transaction and clearance is required by the Committee on Foreign Investment…