French renewable energy company EDF Energies Nouvelle, under its US subsidiary EnXco, has obtained a permit to build a 150MW wind farm in Solano County, California. The project is known as the Shiloh II Wind Project and follows on from the Shiloh I wind farm which was developed by Oregon-based PPM Energy.

Shiloh II will comprise of 75 REpower wind turbines each with 2MW capacity and is backed by a 20 year power puchase agreement with US electricity company Pacific Gas & Electric.

This proposed wind farm strengthens EDF Energies Nouvelle’s strong renewable energy presence in California with the gross capacity owned by subsidiary EnXco brought up to a total of 448MW from 15 California wind farms.

Barring unforeseen circumstances, construction of the Shiloh II Wind Project will be completed by the end of 2008.