RES secures US construction financing

UNITED STATES: RES Americas has secured $508 million in construction loans for the 150MW Border Winds and 200MW Pleasant Valley projects.

175 Vestas V100 2MW will be installed at the projects

The renewable energy developer secured a $222 million loan for the Border Winds projects in North Dakota and $286 million for Pleasant Valley in Minnesota.

The loans were arranged by the New York-branch of German bank Bayerische Landesbank and French bank Société Générale.

RES is the engineering, procurement and construction contractor for the two sites in northern USA. The developments will use a total of 175 Vestas V100-2MW turbines.

Once the projects are commissioned, they will be transferred to Minnesota-based utility Xcel Energy, which will own and operate them.