Macho Springs Wind Energy Project is a 50.4MW onshore wind power project. It is located in New Mexico, the US. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in November 2011. Buy the profile here.
Description
The project was developed by Macho Springs Power I and is currently owned by Capital Power with a stake of 100%.
The project supplies enough clean energy to power 14,000 households. The project cost is $119.448m.
Development status
The project is currently active. The project got commissioned in November 2011.
Power purchase agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to Tucson Electric Power under a power purchase agreement for a period of 20 years. The contracted capacity is 50MW.
Contractors involved
M. A. Mortenson was selected to render engineering procurement construction services for the wind power project.
Vestas Wind Systems was selected as the turbine supplier for the wind power project. The company provided 28 units of V100-1.8 MW turbines, each with 1.8MW nameplate capacity.
EDF Renewables is the O&M contractor for the wind power project.
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This information is drawn from GlobalData’s Power Intelligence Center, which provides detailed profiles of over 170,000 active, planned and under construction power plants worldwide from announcement through to operation across all technologies and countries worldwide.
