White Mesa Wind Farm is a 501MW onshore wind power project. It is located in Texas, the US. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. The project construction commenced in 2021 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in November 2021.
| Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Onshore | 501 | 501 | – | Active | Texas, the US | Apex Clean Energy Holdings; NextEra Energy Resources |
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Description
The project was developed by Apex Clean Energy Holdings and NextEra Energy Resources. The project is currently owned by NextEra Energy Resources with a stake of 100%.
The project supplies enough clean energy to power 193,000 households. The project cost is $761.8m.
Development Status
The project is currently active. The project construction commenced in 2021 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in November 2021.
Power Purchase Agreement
Applied Materials and Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations are the power offtakers from the project.
Contractors Involved
GE Renewable Energy was selected as the turbine supplier for the wind power project. The wind power project consists of 180 turbines.
Apex Clean Energy Holdings is the O&M contractor for the wind power project.
About Apex Clean Energy Holdings
Apex Clean Energy Holdings LLC (Apex), formerly Apex Wind Energy is a renewable energy company that offers building utility-scale generation facilities. The company develops commercial-scale wind and solar energy facilities in North America. It provides resource assessment, engineering, construction, project development, financing, operation and maintenance, and asset management of utility-scale clean energy projects. Apex’s projects include Campbell Creek Wind Farm, Gulf Coast Wind Farm, Elk River Wind Farm, Cedar Creek Wind Farm, Phantom Solar, McKenzie Solar, Dover SUN Park, Canadian Hills Wind project, Colorado PV Solar, Ringneck Prairie Wind, Neosho Ridge Wind, Homestead Wind, Cornhusker Harvest Wind, Canadian Hills Wind, Bowman Wind, and Maple Rapids Wind, among others. The company has operations throughout the US and Canada. Apex is headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia, the US.
About NextEra Energy Resources
NextEra Energy Resources LLC (NEER) is a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Capital Holdings Inc,is a diversified clean energy company and is one of the largest wholesale generators of electric power in the US. The company, together with its subsidiaries owns, develops, constructs, manages and operates electricity generating facilities in wholesale energy markets in the US, Canada, and Spain. The company generates electricity using different fuel sources such as natural gas and oil, wind, solar and nuclear. It offers electricity to utilities, retail electricity providers, power cooperatives, municipal electricity providers and industrial companies. The company also provides energy and capacity requirement services; conducts power and gas marketing and trading activities; participates in natural gas, natural gas liquids and oil production and pipeline infrastructure development; and owns a retail electricity provider. NEER is headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida, the US.
Methodology
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