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Wind Energy News – July 16th 2008

Thursday, July 17th, 2008
  • California Moves To Speed Solar, Wind Power Grid Connections – CNNMoney.com
    16 Jul 2008 at 8:46pm
    California Moves To Speed Solar, Wind Power Grid ConnectionsCNNMoney.com – 14 hours ago, generation interconnections with the transmission planning process,” said Nancy Rader , a spokeswoman with the California Wind Energy Association. 
  • Wind turbines to pass through Prince George (Prince George Citizen Online)
    16 Jul 2008 at 8:22pm
    A train carrying the first wind turbines to be set up in B.C. will be passing through Prince George on Thursday.Specially commissioned for the task, the train is tentatively expected to reach the city at 1 p.m. as it makes its way north to the future home of the Dokie wind farm 40 kilometres northwest of Chetwynd.It’ll will be quite the sight, s… 
  • Giant wind turbine is set for go-ahead – Journal Live
    16 Jul 2008 at 7:17pm
    Giant wind turbine is set for go-aheadJournal Live, UK – 15 hours ago, He believes giant turbines like the one proposed at Battleship Wharf will become icons for the whole wind energy industry. Newcastle Airport?s head of 
  • Blow the Market Away With Wind Energy – Motley Fool
    16 Jul 2008 at 3:53pm
    Blow the Market Away With Wind EnergyMotley Fool – 18 hours ago, the nations addiction to Texas tea, but he recently announced plans to shift his focus to alternative energy, including wind and solar sources. 
  • Green news harvest: Floating wind turbines in Italy, carbon burial at sea (CNET)
    16 Jul 2008 at 2:06pm
    Combining thin-film solar cells with concentrating optics; Shell boosts stake in cellulosic ethanol firm Iogen; an algae biodiesel plant moves ahead at a power plant in Hawaii; and more. 
  • Construction starts on Thumb’s second wind farm – MLive.com
    16 Jul 2008 at 1:40pm
    eFluxMediaConstruction starts on Thumbs second wind farmMLive.com, MI – 21 hours ago, Its southeast of the Harvest Wind Farm, a 32-turbine park constructed last year near Elkton by John Deere Wind Energy. Harvest became the states first Wind energy firms probed Trading Markets (press release)Noble wind-energy firm under investigation Plattsb… 
  • Thumb town plans one-day event to celebrate wind power – MLive.com
    16 Jul 2008 at 1:24pm
    MLive.comThumb town plans one-day event to celebrate wind powerMLive.com, MI – 21 hours ago, The Harvest Wind Farm, owned by John Deere Wind Energy, has now sprouted its own festival, a Wind Turbine Day planned for Saturday on Main Street in Elkton. Solar Energy: How Wind Turbines Work CattleNetwork.comANALYSIS-Creaky power grid tempers China 
  • City could be leader in wind turbines (The Muskegon Chronicle)
    16 Jul 2008 at 11:06am
    NORTON SHORES — The city council in Norton Shores is blown away by wind turbines. In a unanimous vote Tuesday, the council supported an ordinance that would allow residents, businesses and commercial wind farms to operate turbines. 
  • OGE Energy joins venture to build power network – CNNMoney.com
    16 Jul 2008 at 8:27am
    OGE Energy joins venture to build power networkCNNMoney.com – Jul 16, 2008That system, designed to speed power movement faster and aid the states growing wind energy industry, will be joined with Horizons new network in / CORRECTION – OGE, ETA Announce Plans to Construct 765 Kilovolt MarketWatchNew high-voltage lines to connect at Kansa… 
  • British company launches floating wind turbines off Italy (Guardian Unlimited)
    16 Jul 2008 at 6:28am
    A British company is poised to construct the world’s first floating wind turbine, in a move that could herald a new generation of cheaper, less problematic wind energy 
  • An energy policy for the future – Chicago Tribune
    16 Jul 2008 at 3:03am
    Beyond Fossil FuelAn energy policy for the futureChicago, Tribune, United States – Jul 16, 2008These include moving forward rapidly on developing wind energy to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and extending the use of natural gas as a Texas Oilman Shows Us the Way OpEdNewsThe US is the Saudi Arabia of Wind Power Beyond Fossil FuelT. Boone… 
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    Reconditioned Turbine, Remanufactured Wind Turbine

    Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

    School wind projects and community wind projects are considered medium sized requirements.  So, costs are important and quick return on investment more important.

    For most of these wind projects that I am working on I am quoting and recommending remanufactured & refurbished turbines for wind farms.

    The question of remanufactured turbines comes up in most every new wind power project. Using the reconditioned wind turbines, or remanufactured wind turbines, the cost to fund a project and get installation are much lower and therefore makes more sense.  Frankly, it can be the difference in making a project make sense or not.

    Normal Questions Asked Are:

    (1) What’s difference n Remanufactured and Reconditioned Turbine?

    (1) What is Projected Life of the Turbines being quoted/installed.

    (2) Efficiency, we only work with best models, successful turbines.

    (3) What are Operation and Maintenance Costs

    (4) What is Installed Cost per Kilowatt

    Reconditioned Turbine – a wind turbine where the condition of each of the main components are evaluated, then repaired or upgraded as needed. The turbines from WindEnergy7.com have been carefully de-installed in good working condition to make room for larger wind turbines.  This creates a nice cost effective inventory of wind turbines for smaller school and community wind projects. These turbines can be reinstalled with minimal upgrade, depending on their condition and how long it’s been since they were de-installed. Our reconditioned turbines are available for reinstall and are already reconditioned when we sell them for a community wind project.

    Remanufactured Turbines – The main moving components of these turbines have been re-manufactured to new or better than new standards, very thorough. The controls, gearbox, hub, generator, hydraulic system are all thoroughly remanufactured and restored.  The most experienced turbine mechanics evaluate the condition of the remanufactured turbine.  These turbines get delivered with a full technical reporting of the remanufacturing processes and as a result, they come with warranty periods.

    Used Turbines – Sometimes referred to as raw turbines.  This is a turbine sold in “as is” condition. I never recommend or get involved with the sale of a used, as-is turbine because of the risk involved.  And I carefully advise anyone, before you buy any remanufactured or reconditioned wind turbines, please allow me and my suppliers to show you what we can do, competitively before you buy reconditioned or remanufactured trbines anywhere.

    Cost of remanufactured and reconditioned turbines can vary. Again, please allow WindEnergy7.com to help you out here. We really prefer to quote these as fully Installed cost.  This is better so we can be sure you are happy in the end. The installed cost includes the foundation, tower, turbine, electrical interface, wiring, engineering, program management and all components necessary to make the turbine a functioning/generating unit.  We will be glad to work with whatever team you have in place, but if you haven’t aligned all these services, let us help.

    Remanufactured/Reconditioned Wind Turbines vs. New:

    Remanufactured turbine cost for 40kW to 600kW class turbine, usually in range of $1,000 per kW. 

    Cost of New turbines in this size/class, 40kW to 600kW, usually in the range of $1,700 per kW.

    Compare to Utility sized new turbines, sizes from 1,500 kW to 3,500 kW = around $3,800 kW.

    At a dramatically lower cost than the new turbine, the ROI (return on investment) of our remanufactured/reconditioned wind turbines is SO MUCH FASTER . So, your project is simply more successful as a financial endeavor, repaying loan costs at a quicker pace.

    With ability to provide same warranty and have the remanufacturing or refurbishing done by the best mechanics and most experienced people i this industry, your  ongoing operation and maintenance costs will be similar.

    Supply & Demand – If you have a project, or a proposed project, please email me immediately and begin discussion.  The new turbine supply is overloaded right now.  There are many manufacturers with contracts that cannot be fulfilled for a couple of years out.  Due to number of current projects, we do prefer email comminication is best, contact us at:

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    New Jersey – Net Metering

    Sunday, July 13th, 2008

    New Jersey – Net Metering

    Incentive Type: Net Metering

    Eligible Renewable/Other Technologies: Solar Thermal Electric, Photovoltaics, Landfill Gas, Wind, Biomass, Geothermal Electric, Anaerobic Digestion, Tidal Energy, Wave Energy, Fuel Cells using Renewable Fuels

    Applicable Sectors: Commercial, Industrial, Residential

    Limit on System Size: 2 MW

    Limit on Overall Enrollment: No limit

    Treatment of Net Excess: Several options exist according to customer preference. Generally, NEG will be credited to customer’s next bill at retail rate with next excess purchased by the utility at the avoided cost rate at the end of an annualized period.

    Utilities Involved: Electric distribution companies (does not apply to municipal utilities or electric co-ops)

    Interconnection Standards for Net Metering?

    Yes

    Authority 1: N.J. Stat. § 48:3-87
    Date Enacted: 1999 (subsequently amended)
    Effective Date: 1999
    Authority 2: N.J.A.C. 14:4-9
    Date Enacted: 9/13/2004
    Effective Date: 10/4/2004

    Website: http://www.njcleanenergy.com

    Summary:  
    Note: In September 2007 the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) approved an order regarding a redesign of the state solar-energy program. As a result, the New Jersey Office of Clean Energy (OCE) has been directed to develop modified interconnection, net metering and renewable portfolio standard (RPS) rules consistent with the program transition. Click here to view the proposed rules.  

    New Jersey’s net-metering rules and interconnection standards apply to all residential, commercial, and industrial customers of the state’s investor-owned utilities (and certain competitive municipal utilities and electric cooperatives). Eligible systems include those that generate electricity using solar, wind, geothermal, wave, tidal, landfill gas or sustainable biomass resources, including fuel cells (all “Class I” technologies under the state RPS). The maximum individual system capacity is two megawatts (MW). There is no firm aggregate limit* on net metering. Many supporters of distributed generation believe that New Jersey has the best standards for net metering in the United States.  

    A single metering arrangement is preferred. Customer-generators have several compensation options for net excess generation (NEG), listed below: 1. Customer-generator receives month-to-month credit for NEG at the full retail rate and is compensated for remaining NEG at the avoided-cost of wholesale power at the end of an annualized period.  

    2. Customer-generator is compensated for all NEG on a real-time basis according to the PJM power pool real-time locational marginal pricing rate, adjusted for losses by the respective zone in the PJM.  

    3. Customer generator may enter into a bilateral agreement with their electric supplier or service provider for the sale and purchase of NEG. Real-time crediting is permitted, subject to the applicable PJM rules.

    The latter two options were added by S.B. 2936 enacted in January 2008 and effective July 11, 2008. This legislation also: (1) extends net metering to industrial and large commercial customers; (2) extends net metering to all systems that generate electricity using “Class I” renewable-energy resources; and (3) permits utilities to recover the costs of “any new net meters, upgraded net meters, system reinforcements or upgrades, and interconnection costs” through either their regulated rates or from net-metered customers. These changes are not yet reflected in the administrative rules.  

    Customers eligible for net metering retain ownership of all renewable-energy credits (RECs) associated with the electricity they generate. Customers with photovoltaic (PV) systems may apply to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to participate in New Jersey’s Solar Renewable Energy Certificates (S-RECs) program, which tracks and verifies solar certificates, and allows the certificates to be sold on-line to electric suppliers to meet suppliers’ solar renewable portfolio standard (RPS) requirements.  

    *S.B. 2936 amended this portion of the law by removing a potential financial impact cap of $2 million and by increasing the aggregate capacity trigger to 2.5% (formerly 0.1%) of statewide peak load. As before, the BPU retains discretionary authority over capping net metering if this trigger is met.

    Contact:  
    Benjamin Scott Hunter
    New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
    Renewable Energy Program Administrator, Office of Clean Energy
    44 South Clinton Avenue
    P.O. Box 350
    Trenton, NJ 08625-0350
    Phone: (609) 777-3300 
    Fax: (609) 777-3330
    E-Mail: benjamin.hunter@bpu.state.nj.us
    Web site: http://www.bpu.state.nj.us

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    Colorado – Net Metering

    Sunday, July 13th, 2008

    Colorado – Net Metering

    Incentive Type: Net Metering

    Eligible Renewable/Other Technologies: Wind, Biomass, Geothermal Electric, Solar Electric, Recycled Energy, Small Hydroelectric, Fuel Cells using Renewable Fuels

    Applicable Sectors: Commercial, Industrial, Residential

    Limit on System Size: IOUs: 2 MW

    Cooperative and municipal utilities: 10 kW for residential; 25 kW for commercial and industrial

    Limit on Overall Enrollment: None

    Treatment of Net Excess: Credited to customer’s next bill; IOS: utility pays customer at end of calendar year for excess kWh credits at the average hourly incremental cost for that year

    Coops and Munis: annual reconciliation at a rate deemed appropriate by the utility . The annual period is undefined.

    Utilities Involved: All IOUs and co-ops; munis with more than 5,000 customers

    Interconnection Standards for Net Metering?
    Yes. Interconnection is governed by PUC rules for IOUs and co-ops. Per HB08-1160, by 10/1/2008, the PUC must initiate a new rule making to revisit interconnection rules for co-ops. Interconnection rules for munis must be “functionally similar� to PUC rules for IOUs.

    Authority 1: 4 CCR 723-3, Rule 3664
    Date Enacted: 12/15/2005
    Effective Date: 7/2/2006
    Authority 2: C.R.S. 40-9.5-301 et seq.
    Authority 3: HB 1160 of 2008
    Date Enacted: 3/26/2008

    Summary:  
    In December 2005, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) adopted standards for net metering and interconnection, as required by Amendment 37, a renewable-energy ballot initiative approved by Colorado voters in November 2004. The PUC standards apply to the state’s investor-owned utilities (IOUs).

    Systems up to two megawatts (MW) in capacity that generate electricity using qualifying renewable-energy resources are eligible for net metering in IOU service territories. Municipal and cooperative utilities are subject to lesser maximums as described below. Electricity generated at a customer’s site can be applied toward meeting a utility’s renewable-generation requirement under Colorado’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS). The RPS mandates that 4% of the renewables requirement be met with solar energy; half of this percentage must come from solar electricity generated at customers’ facilities.

    For Colorado’s net-metering rules, any customer net excess generation (NEG) in a given month is applied as a kilowatt-hour (kWh) credit to the customer’s next bill. If in a calendar year a customer’s generation exceeds consumption, the utility must reimburse the customer for the excess generation at the utility’s average hourly incremental cost for the prior 12-month period.

    If a customer-generator does not own a single bi-directional meter, then the utility must provide one free of charge. Systems over 10 kilowatts (kW) in capacity require a second meter to measure the output for the counting of renewable-energy credits (RECs). Customers accepting IOU incentive payments must surrender all renewable energy credits (RECs) for the next 20 years. Cooperative and municipal utilities are free to develop their own incentive programs at their discretion but they are not subject to the solar set-aside.  

    House Bill 08-1160, passed in March 2008, requires municipal utilities with more than 5,000 customers and all cooperative utilities to offer net-metering. The new law allows residential systems up to 10 kW in capacity and commercial and industrial systems up to 25 kW to be credited monthly at the retail rate for any net excess generation their systems produce. Coops and municipal utilities are free to exceed these minimum size standards if they so choose. The statute also requires the utilities to pay for any remaining net excess generation at the end of an annual period but does not define what the annual period is, nor the rate at which it will be paid. The law says that the utilities will make a payment based on a “rate deemed appropriate by the utility”. The new law also required the PUC to open a new rule making to determine if the existing interconnection standards adopted in 4 CCR 723-3, Rule 3665 should be modified for cooperative utilities. Municipal utilities are required to adopt rules “functionally similarâ€? to the existing PUC rules, but may reduce or waive any of the insurance requirements.

    Contact:
    Richard Mignogna
    Colorado Public Utilities Commission
    1560 Broadway, Suite 250
    Denver, CO 80202
    Phone: (303) 894-2871
    E-Mail: richard.mignogna@dora.state.co.us
    Web site: http://www.dora.state.co.us/PUC

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    Iowa, Forest City School has Wind Turbine since 1999!

    Saturday, July 12th, 2008

    The Forest City Community School has a 600-kilowatt wind turbine. The project was financed through a combination of a loan from the Iowa Energy Center’s Alternative Energy Revolving Loan Program and a low-interest loan from the local bank.forest-city-iowa-school-wind-turbine

    Dwight Pierson, the Superintendant said “When we got started, no grant monies were available for a wind project. We understood we’d have to finance it, so we spent seven or eight months looking at the figures”. “We really felt it could pay for itself and become an asset for the district. At the time, we had one of the only turbines around that was totally financed, all through conventional loans.”

    A Federal Renewable Energy Production Incentive of 1.5 cents per kilowatthour was recieved by the school. Including the incentive, the turbine has generated $284,000 (more than 4.7 million kilowatthours) worth of electricity between January 1999, when it became operational, and February 2004.

    “Installing the turbine was a bold decision for our board to make,” Pierson says, “but its decision was made on good input, and the cost investment penciled out.”

    At Forest City’s School it was a student who had the idea to install a wind turbine. A student in Ron Kvale’s physics class, Paul Smith, became interested in wind energy. The stdent measured the winds around the school finding that the land might be a viable site for a turbine. Smith and his teacher presented this to the school board, the board liked it. The school conducted an energy audit, that helped reduce the school’s energy use so less of the wind turbine’s electricity would be wasted.

    Pierson speaks of the Forest City School wind project with pride. “This has been a win-win for our community, a real asset,” he said. “And we actually underestimated how much of an asset it would be.”

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    Wray School District of Colorado, Wind Turbines

    Friday, July 11th, 2008

    /wray-colorado-school-wind-turbineOver the past five years the Wray School District has experienced countless highs and lows in the process of completing the wind turbine project.  The wind turbine is going through its final adjustments to go online.wray-colorado-school-wind-turbine

    The small district spends approximately $80,000 a year on electricity. Our Wray High School Vo-Ag instructor, Jay Clapper, proposed to the district that it consider the construction of a wind turbine. This project would offset the district’s annual energy costs and provide a renewable energy educational component to the school’s curriculum.  The Board of Education agreed to support this idea, and a wind committee, including Mr. Clapper and a number of interested Wray citizens, was formed.

    In December, the Wray School District Board of Education voted to approve the purchase of a 900 KW wind turbine. This project will be built on land recently purchased by the City of Wray and located south of Wray on Highway 385 near County Road JJ. The City of Wray and the Board of Education have partnered together through a power purchase agreement to see this project become a reality. It’s a Grid-Tie system, so the renewable energy captured from this wind turbine project will flow into the city grid for consumer use.wray-colorado-school-wind-turbine

    When the group started the Wray School Wind Project nobody knew how complicated the process was going to be. They stuck it out, the City of Wray will have the green power generated by the turbine.  The “flip the switch” ceremony was, two months ago. Since then they’ve been troubleshooting the equipment, making final adjustments, passing mandated inspections and becoming familiar with the network of equipment and personnel that will provide technical support to this new turbine.

    The blades turn evenly in the wind, but only by the perseverance of school personnel and community support does this thing work. By providing an environmentally safe source of power to this community, the visionary leaders added financial support to the education of their students. They have eased a tax burden, enhanced education, and improved their environment, that’s leadership.wray-colorado-school-wind-turbine-

    wray-colorado-school-wind-turbineNow, here to the right is where it ties to the grid.  Not real dramatic is it?  I love it when a good plan comes together.  Congratulations to the Wray School District and all the great leaders who performed this project.  Nice work folks.wray-colorado-school-wind-turbine

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    Wind Turbine Blade Designer Needed

    Friday, July 11th, 2008

    We have a current need for an expert in Aerospace Engineering and aerodynamics to review and participate in the final stages of a design patent. Expertise is needed to finalize blade design of two patent protected micro wind turbines scaleable to small wind turbines and MW class.. any size. The project in its third prototype is ready for fresh perspective, input, review, and analysis.

    If you are interested in this contract work and would like to get involved in a development project for wind energy, please contact us by email. If possible send a resume or overview of experience and qualifications. Will require signature of non-disclosure agreements etc.

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    Small Wind Turbine Farm, Ranch

    Thursday, July 10th, 2008

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    My main goals for Small Wind Turbines are de-centralization of electrical power. I want to help empower INDIVIDUALS to use Small Wind Turbines to produce their own power as a personal economic benefit. I have seen the longest running wind farm in Texas and how the local school district is STILL poor and the local economy got only a couple of jobs from it. In the mean time the energy company has reported 300 million dollars of income.farm ranch wind turbine energy project

    On Earth Day 2010, I won a Green Design Contest with my patent pending system, RoofMill™. RoofMill™ small wind turbine is the popular choice for homes and businesses in the United States due to outstanding reliability, efficiency, and ease of deployment. In an urban environment, the RoofMill™ is out of the way and leverages it’s easy installation as a way to get through permitting. Our RoofMill is not a construction project, requires NO CONCRETE, walls, trenches, cranes, thus is the popular choice for urban or residential wind and solar installation. Our patented design makes it possible to deploy wind power in an easy effective way for anyone.

    I am in projects of distribution and marketing, selling and manufacturing small grid-tie turbines, kits and systems from 5kw to 100kw but biggest demand is 10 and 20kw where a system can actually take a homeowner or farm to energy independance.

    Residences, farms, rural individuals, school districts, co-ops, county governments, civic organizations, all can actually put up their own small wind turbines and produce electricty to the grid. This works on any scale, not just for giant power companies and billionaires. This is good for a group, good for a landowner, good for a homeowner. You scale it all down and most projects will pay themselves off in 7 to 10 years if you do it correctly.

    I am more interested in that, decentralizing the control of electrical power to individuals. Small scaleable Wind Power changes the control and command of electric power. These giant turbines work on any scale, all the way down to one you can buy from me for the price of a car. Pays itself off in about the same time frame, then you have a small income, or a little extra juice for a plug-in hybrid auto, maybe replace your need for natural gas cooking and heating with your wind turbine electric power.

    If you are interested in a small wind turbine, I recommend you start with this post about Net Metering. Follow the links and info there and then contact me with questions or purchase needs.  I’m glad to help and can supply all information and equipment you need to do this.  If you are interested in making YOURSELF energy independant for the price of an automobile, contact me at:

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    Ballinger Texas School District Wind Power Project

    Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

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    Ballinger Independent School District’s is progressing with the 2007 CREBs proposed community wind project for the construction of Mitsubishi 250 turbines to power the schools electrical needs.

    The Texas school district in Ballinger prepared and submitted applications for federal Clean Renewable Energy Bonds (CREBs) in 2007.  Ballinger was awarded the equivalent of about 1 million dollars (or 750 KW) in bond sales.  CREBs legislation requires the first bond payment be made by the end of 2008, thus construction continues this summer.ballinger texas school wind energy project

    Ballinger’s superintendent Scott Goen met with the wires company which services the Ballinger district, AEP, on February the 19th 2007 to discuss power sale options. 

    The plans are to construct three community wind sized turbines at the end of the high school campus’s soccer fields.  These 250-KW Mitsubishi turbines are remanufactured, which means that since previous operation they underwent significant overhauls, such as generator rewinding, gearbox rebuilding, hub re-surfacing, new controls and rebuilt hydraulics. 

    Ballinger ISD is enhancing the district financial stability by establishing the district’s ability to generate its own power.  Ballinger ISD plans to offset district energy costs with behind the meter interconnection.

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    Texas Wind Farm, Indian Mesa, Pecos County

    Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

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    Wind farms in west Texas have been located in mountainous areas near Fort Davis, Guadalupe Peak, the mesas east of Fort Stockton, and near Big Spring and Sweetwater. That the initial investment in Fort Stockton was about $200 million.indan-mesa-wind-farm-pecos-county-texas

    The Indian Mesa Wind Farm is located in Pecos County, Texas. The project was completed in 2001. One hundred twenty-five Vestas V-47 wind turbines produce up to 83 Megawatts of electricity. Electricity produced by the project is purchased by the Lower Colorado River Authority, Austin, Texas, and TXU Energy Trading Company, Dallas, Texas. The project is connected to the transmission lines of American Electric Power subsidiary West Texas Utilities. The project is built on land owned by local ranching families and by the University of Texas.

    The successful wind plant funded by Fort Stockton on I-10 in eastern Pecos County, and the plant near Big Spring generate revenue by selling electricity to electric companies.  These funds are to pay the loan back within a few years.  After the financing is paid off, the revenue would be a benefit, an income.

    Much of West Texas is suitable for wind farms since there is plenty of wind and a good infrastructure of high voltage transmission lines.  Texas lawmakers created a hungry market when they wrote a law nine years ago that requires utilities to buy renewable power. On the federal level, a tax credit encourages investors to put money into wind power.

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