SIZE: 161 MW
COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS DATE: April 2007
UTILITY: Xcel Energy (Southwestern Public Service Company)
TURBINE EQUIPMENT: 70 Siemens 2.3 MW Mk II
TRANSMISSION: 20 miles, 230 kV
INTERCONNECT: Bushland Interchange Station
LAND: 14 landowners on 20,000 acres
CONTRACTOR: M.A. Mortenson Company
DEVELOPER & MINORITY PARTNER: Cielo Wind Power
MAJORITY OWNER: Edison Mission Group (Irvine, CA)
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Energy to serve approximately 56,000 homes.
- Wildorado Wind Ranch® is Edison Mission Group’s first wind project in Texas.