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News
E.ON Climate & Renewables Hires Renewables Energy Veteran to Focus on Development Efforts in Midwest
CHICAGO, IL – November 24, 2008
– E.ON Climate & Renewables (EC&R) today announced that Bob
Crowell has joined as senior vice president of development. Crowell
will head development efforts and oversee personnel in the Midwest and
Northeast for EC&R. Most recently Crowell served as vice president
of wind development at SUEZ Renewable Energy. Additionally, he was the
director of wind energy development at Horizon Wind Energy where he
oversaw the company's Midwest development activities.
“We are committed to growing our wind power capacity in the United
States,” said Patrick Woodson, EC&R’s chief development officer.
“Bob’s breadth of experience managing and developing high-quality wind
power projects will help us to continue growing our renewables
portfolio in North America.”
Prior to joining Horizon Wind Energy, Crowell served as the project
development director for Dynegy and managing director of North American
development at Illinova Generating.
“EC&R develops and operates some of the most efficient and highest
performing wind power projects,” said Crowell. “I’m pleased to be
working with a team committed to meeting the increasing demand of
renewable energy.”
EC&R recently opened the first two phases of the Roscoe wind
project, soon to be the home of the world’s largest wind farm.
Currently, EC&R operates six wind farms in the United States
with an installed power of 727 MW.
| Roscoe Phase 1 |
209 MW |
Roscoe, Texas |
| Panther Creek Phases 1 |
142.5 MW |
Big Spring, Texas |
| Roscoe Phase 2 |
126.5 MW |
Roscoe, Texas |
| Forest Creek |
124.2 MW |
Big Spring, Texas |
| Sand Bluff |
90 MW |
Big Spring, Texas |
| Munnsville |
34.5 MW |
Munnsville, New York |
About EC&R
E.ON Climate & Renewables (EC&R) is responsible for activities
of the E.ON group in renewable energy sources and environmental
protection around the world. Tapping renewable energy sources offers
enormous alternatives, both from a business perspective and for the
environment. E.ON Climate & Renewables will invest over €6 billion
in renewable energy and environmental protection projects by 2010 to
expand the share of renewable energy sources in the E.ON portfolio for
the long term. E.ON has thus taken a leading role in developing
renewable energy sources worldwide. For more information, see www.eon.com.
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