Peñascal Wind Power Project
{{short description|Wind farm in Texas, USA}}
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| location = Kenedy County, Texas
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| construction_began = 2008
| commissioned = gradually thru 2015
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| owner = Iberdrola
| operator = Avangrid
| ps_units_operational = 269 turbines
| ps_units_manu_model = Mitsubishi MWT-92 2.4MW,
Gamesa G97 2.0MW
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| ps_electrical_capacity = 605.2 MW
| ps_electrical_cap_fac = 30.9% (average 2016-2019)
| ps_annual_generation = 1,636 GW·h
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The 605.2 megawatt (MW) Peñascal Wind Farm project is located south of Baffin Bay in Kenedy County, Texas and was constructed in three phases by Iberdrola and Mortenson Construction. It became Iberdrola's largest renewable energy facility in the world after completion of the second phase in 2010.
[http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2010/06/iberdrola-starts-operations-at-404-mw-penascal-wind-farm Iberdrola Opens 404-MW Penascal Wind Farm] Renewable Energy World, 22 June 2010.{{Cite web |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/construction-continues-at-iberdrola-renewables-baffin-wind-farm-in-texas-2013-12-02 |title=Construction Continues at Iberdrola Renewables' Baffin Wind Farm in Texas |date=December 2, 2013 |publisher=marketwatch.com}}
Details
The first two construction phases of the wind farm each have 84 Mitsubishi MWT-92 2.4 MW wind turbines.{{Cite web |url=http://www.thewindpower.net/windfarm_en_4351_penescal.php |title=Peñascal I |publisher=thewindpower.net |access-date=April 27, 2019}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.thewindpower.net/windfarm_en_11088_penescal-ii.php |title=Peñascal II |publisher=thewindpower.net |access-date=April 27, 2019}} Around 200 people were involved in the construction. Phase I was completed in April 2009 and Phase II came online in April 2010.
The facility also created some 20 long-term jobs in maintenance and operation. Iberdrola received a $114 million treasury grant for the project as part of the stimulus funds that was released in September 2009. On July 30, 2010, the U.S. Treasury's 1603 Program website listed the Penascal II Wind Project as having received a total award amount of $222,861,149.
Phase three of the project consists of 101 Gamesa G97 2.0 MW wind turbines. Construction began in 2013 and was completed in 2015.{{Cite web |url=http://www.thewindpower.net/windfarm_en_20994_baffin.php |title=Baffin |publisher=thewindpower.net |access-date=April 27, 2019}}
The wind farm includes an innovative radar system that detects the arrival of large flocks of migratory birds and shuts down the turbines if visibility conditions present a danger.{{Cite web |url=http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/using-radar-to-protect-birds-from-wind-farms/ |title=Using Radar to Protect Birds from Wind Farms |date=May 5, 2009 |publisher=Alternative Energy News}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/may/01/wind-farm-bird-radar |title=Texas wind farm pioneers radar technology to protect migrating birds |work=The Guardian |date=May 1, 2009 |author=Suzanne Goldenberg}}
Electricity production
(*) partial year of operation
See also
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References
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External links
- [http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/iberdrola-pdfs/pdf/Penascal-Fact-Sheet-Final-english.pdf Penascal Wind Power Project, Fact Sheet]
- [http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/iberdrola-pdfs/pdf/AR-baffin-fact-sheet.pdf Penascal Baffin Wind Power Project, Fact Sheet]
- [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45u9b1qpn94 VIDEO: Peñascal, Texas Wind Power Project]
{{Wind power in the United States}}
Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 2009
Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 2010
Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 2015