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Buffalo Dunes Wind Farm Enel Green Power North America in Kansas Enel Green Power North America, Inc. (EGP) is a leading owner and operator of renewable energy projects that currently has the largest wind capacity of any wind operator in the state of Kansas. In Kansas, EGP operates five wind power plants, including the 400 MW Cimarron Bend – the largest in its global portfolio and recently announced the start of operations of one additional wind project, Diamond Vista. Combined, EGP’s projects in Kansas represent 1,400 MW of renewable energy capacity, over $2.1 billion in total investment and the creation of around 70 quality full-time jobs in the state. EGP is invested in Kansas and committed to the long-term sustainability of the communities where it operates, supporting critical initiatives including, $8.5 million in funding to support research, preservation and combating invasive species within the Tall Grass prairie habitat and approximately $300,000 to local education and scholarship programs. In Kansas, among its six wind projects, Enel Green Power: Has a total of six Has more than Created approximately Created around Produces enough Avoids more than wind projects that 30% of the 1,700 construction jobs 70 full-time, wind energy to 4.3 million tons required a total company’s total at peak of construction permanent jobs power more than of CO2 annually investment of over wind capacity 500,000 U.S. $2.1 billion located in Kansas households 2019 | Enel Green Power North America, Inc. EGP in Kansas Topeka Operating Wind Project Smoky Hills I & ll Diamond Vista Smoky Hills Wind Farm Ellsworth and Lincoln Counties Buffalo Dunes Start of Operations Phase I: 2008 Start of Operations Phase II: 2009 Cimarron Bend l & ll Caney River Total Managed Capacity: 250 MW PPA: Sunflower Electric Power Corporation, Midwest Energy Inc., Kansas City Board of Public Utilities and the cities of Independence and Springfield, Missouri. Caney River Wind Farm Elk County Start of Operations: 2011 Total Managed Capacity: 200 MW PPA: Tennessee Valley Authority Buffalo Dunes Wind Farm Finney, Grant, and Haskell Counties Start of Operations: 2013 Smoky Hills Wind Farm Total Managed Capacity: 250 MW PPA: Alabama Power Company, a subsidiary of Southern Company Cimarron Bend Wind Farm Clark County Start of Operations: 2016-2017 Total Managed Capacity: 400 MW PPA: Google, Inc. and Kansas City Board of Public Utilities Diamond Vista Wind Farm Dickinson and Marion Counties Start of Operations: December 2018 Caney River Wind Farm Total Managed Capacity: 300 MW PPA: 100 MW Kohler Co., 100 MW City Utilities of Springfield and 84 MW to Tri-County Electric Cooperative of Oklahoma Enel Green Power North America, Inc. Enel Green Power North America, Inc., part of the Renewable Energies division of the Enel Group, is a leading owner and operator of renewable energy plants in North America with projects operating and under development in 24 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. EGP operates over 100 plants with a managed capacity of approximately 5 GW powered by renewable hydropower, wind, geothermal, and solar energy. * All data current as of January 2019.