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The power is sold to Direct Energy Texas under a 15-year power purchase agreement. [2] Buffalo Gap 2 is a 232.5 MW expansion consisting of 155 GE SLE 1.5 MW wind turbines. The facility was developed by AES Wind Generation and went into commercial operation in June 2007.
Part of the Desert Sky Wind Farm off I-10 Wind turbines on the windswept high plains of the Llano Estacado, Lubbock County, Texas. Vestas V47-660kW wind turbine at American Wind Power Center in Lubbock, Texas A wind turbine blade on I-35 near Elm Mott, an increasingly common sight in Texas. Wind power has a long history in Texas.
Phase I includes eleven 1.7 MW and 115 2.0 MW turbines, while phase II adds another 100 2.0 MW units. [7] [8] Phase III consists of 120 2.5 MW turbines. [9] The electricity is being sold under multiple power purchase agreements, including contracts with the South Texas Electric Cooperative, Dow Chemical, and AT&T. [10] [11] [12]
The Sweetwater Wind Farm is a 585.3-megawatt (MW) wind farm in Nolan County, Texas. The facility includes 392 wind turbines and was fully commissioned by 2007. The electricity is being sold to Austin Energy and to CPS Energy of San Antonio. [1]
The Roscoe Wind Farm near Roscoe, Texas is one of the world's largest-capacity wind farms. With 627 wind turbines and a total installed capacity of 781.5 MW, owned and operated by RWE. [1] [2] At the time of its completion in 2009, it was the largest wind farm in the world, surpassing the nearby 735.5-megawatt Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center. [3]
An Aermotor water-pumping windmill in Texas near Denton The defunct Aermotor Windmill at Gekeler Farms in Idaho. Besides the production of windmills from 6 to 16 feet (1.8 to 4.9 m) tall, [3] Aermotor also produces the towers on which a windmill sits. Four post towers come in steel (ranging from 21 to 60 feet or 6.4 to 18.3 meters tall) and ...
Los Vientos Wind Farm is a 912 megawatt (MW) wind farm in Starr and Willacy counties in South Texas. It is the second largest wind farm in the United States behind the Alta Wind Energy Center in California.
The Capricorn Ridge Wind Farm is located in Sterling and Coke counties, Texas.The wind farm does not create any air and water pollution to the surrounding counties. It is a 662.5 MW wind farm, with 342 GE 1.5 MW wind turbines and 65 2.3 MW Siemens turbines that are capable of generating enough electricity for more than 220,000 homes.