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SIZE: 160 MW
COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS DATE: July 2001
UTILITY:TXU Energy
TURBINE EQUIPMENT: 242 Vestas V47 660KW turbines
TRANSMISSION: 2- 138 kV Substations, 7.3 mi. Dual 138 kV and a 4.6 mi 138 kV Transmission Line
INTERCONNECT: 2 points, the 138 kV Rio Pecos and 16th circuit, and the 138 kV Rio Pecos and Ft. Stockton Circuit, Texas-New Mexico Power (transmission facility operator) and West Texas Utilities
Company (transmission facility operator)
LAND: 50 landowners on 9,746 Acres
DEVELOPMENT & MINOR EPC: Texas Wind Power
MAJORITY OWNER: Florida Power and Light (FPL)
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Largest project in the US at the time project was announced
- One of the last major projects using one of the most successful turbine models ever produced in the wind turbine industry; the Vestas V47 turbine
- Negotiated land rights for the project in competition with Enron. Cielo Wind Power was successful in negotiations over Enron due to their experience and excellent landowner relations