Summary Box: Alcoa to sell Tapoco project

Published June 29, 2012 3:28pm ET



NEW YORK (AP) — THE DEAL: Aluminum producer Alcoa is selling its 351-megawatt Tapoco project to Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners for about $600 million.

THE PROJECT: Tapoco is a four-station hydroelectric project located on the Little Tennessee and Cheoah rivers in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina.

The deal includes the four generating stations and dams, 86 miles of transmission line and about 14,500 acres of land. It’s expected to close by the end of the year.