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Enel Green Power Starts Build of 25 Megawatt (MW) Plant at Cove Fort in Utah (Reuters)

Enel Green Power has started work on a new geothermal plant in the United States as Italy's biggest renewable energy company begins to shift its focus from core markets in Europe to high potential areas.

Enel Green Power (EGP) said on Monday it would invest about $126 million to build a 25 megawatt (MW) plant at Cove Fort in Utah, which is expected to start operations before the end of 2013.

"Cove Fort will add to the net geothermal capacity we already have installed in the U.S. which currently stands at 47 MW," EGP Chief Executive Francesco Starace said in the statement.

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