Keechi Wind Project is an 110MW onshore wind power project. It is located in Texas, the US. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in January 2015.

Project Type Total Capacity (MW) Active Capacity (MW) Pipeline Capacity (MW) Project Status Project Location Project Developer
Onshore 110 110 Active Texas, the US Renewable Energy Systems Americas

Description

The project was developed by Renewable Energy Systems Americas and is currently owned by Enbridge Income Fund Holdings with a stake of 51%.

The project generates 450,000MWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 33,309 households, offsetting 260,000t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year. The project cost is $200m.

The project has 94.7928m high towers.

Development Status

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The project is currently active. The project got commissioned in January 2015.

Power Purchase Agreement

The power generated from the project is sold to Microsoft under a power purchase agreement for a period of 20 years from 2015. The contracted capacity is 110MW.

Contractors Involved

Renewable Energy Systems Americas was selected to render EPC services for the wind power project.

Vestas Wind Systems was selected as the turbine supplier for the wind power project. The company provided 55 units of V100-2.0 MW turbines, each with 2MW nameplate capacity.

Vestas Wind Systems is the O&M contractor for the wind power project. The operation and maintenance contract commenced from 2015, for a period of 5 years.

About Renewable Energy Systems Americas

Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. (RES Americas), a subsidiary of Renewable Energy Systems Ltd. is an energy company that provides engineering, procurement and construction services. The company offers layout design, software design, solar array layout design, land acquisition, permitting and environmental review, technical analysis, scheduling, financing, resource assessment, land procurement, project design, permitting, transmission, interconnection work and power marketing. It provides costing, procurement, management, and quality and environmental processes services. RES Americas’ engineering services includes renewable energy project design, including turbine foundation design, geotechnical engineering, civil site work design, electrical collection and grounding system design, solar PV system design and optimization. The company serves wind, solar, transmission, energy storage projects and demand side management. It operates in California, Connecticut, Minnesota, and Texas. RES Americas is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, the US.

Methodology

All power projects included in this report are drawn from GlobalData’s Power Intelligence Center. The information regarding the project parameters is sourced through secondary information sources such as electric utilities, equipment manufacturers, developers, project proponent’s – news, deals and financial reporting, regulatory body, associations, government planning reports and publications. Wherever needed the information is further validated through primary from various stakeholders across the power value chain and professionals from leading players within the power sector.