The project, called Caithness Shepherd’s Flat, will involve the installation of 303 wind turbines across 30 square miles in Gilliam and Morrow counties in north-central Oregon between 2011 and 2012. Shepherd’s Flat will generate about 2 billion kilowatt-hours per year of renewable energy, which is more than a tenth of SCE’s overall renewable portfolio. In 2007, renewable energy constituted about 16 percent of SCE’s total energy portfolio. The company currently has sufficient contracts in place that, when delivering, will meet or exceed 20 percent or more of customers’ energy needs with renewable energy. Edison International, of Rosemead, California, owns and operates about 14,000 MW of generating capacity, markets energy commodities in North America, and transmits and distributes electricity to about 4. Thomson Reuters is the world’s largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters. read more

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