Whitewater Hill is a 66MW onshore wind power project. It is located in California, 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 multiple phases. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in September 2002. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project was developed by Cannon Power Group, NRG Energy and Shell WindEnergy. Cannon Power Group, Shell and Terra-Gen are currently owning the project.
The electricitiy generated from the plant has offsetted 130,000t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year.
Development status
The project is currently active. The project got commissioned in September 2002.
Power purchase agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to L.A. Department of Water Resources under a power purchase agreement from 2002. The contracted capacity is 61.5MW.
Contractors involved
Whitewater Hill (Whitewater Hill Phase I) is equipped with GE Renewable Energy 1.5s turbines. The phase consists of 41 turbines with 1.5MW nameplate capacity.
Whitewater Hill (Whitewater Hill Phase II) is equipped with GE Renewable Energy turbines. The phase consists of 3 turbines, each with 1.5MW nameplate capacity.
Vestas UpWind Solutions is the O&M contractor for the wind power project. The operation and maintenance contract commenced from 2002, for a period of 5 years.
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About Cannon Power Group
Cannon Power Group LLC (CPG) is a renewable energy company that develops, constructs, operates and maintains utility-scale wind energy projects. The company undertakes and operates projects such as Windy Flats project, Cannon Croatia wind projects, Windy Point project, Baja California Wind Projects, Whitewater Wind Project, La Rumorosa Wind Project, Cannon India Wind Project and Canvest Project, among others. It operates and maintains wind energy projects in the US, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, India, Turkey, Greece, and Croatia. The company operates through its windy flats project development office in Centerville, the US. CPG is headquartered in San Diego, California, the US.
About NRG Energy
NRG Energy Inc (NRG) is an integrated energy company. It generates and supplies electricity. The company produces electricity using coal, natural gas, nuclear, oil, biomass, wind, and solar sources. NRG owns power generation plants and operates facilities for third parties. It carries out plant operations, commercial operations, EPC, asset management, energy services and other related critical functions. NRG sells energy, services and associated products and services to retail customers under the NRG, Reliant, Green Mountain Energy, Stream and XOOM Energy. The company provides energy and related services to residential, industrial and commercial consumers at fixed, indexed or variable prices. NRG is headquartered in Houston, Texas, the US.
About Shell WindEnergy
Shell Wind Energy, Inc. is engaged in the development and operation of utility-scale wind power farms and sells green electricity. It operates as a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc.
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