Wind power in Arizona

Utility-scale wind power in Arizona began in 2009 with the commissioning of the first phase of the Dry Lake Wind Power Project{{Cite web

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}} in Navajo County.

The following table compares the growth in wind power installed nameplate capacity in megawatts (MW) for Arizona and the entire United States since 2008.[https://windexchange.energy.gov/states/az Wind Energy in Arizona][https://windexchange.energy.gov/maps-data/321 WINDExchange: Installed and Potential Wind Power Capacity and Generation]

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Arizona has the potential to install up to 10.9 GW of onshore wind power nameplate capacity at 80 meter, 74.4 GW at 110 meter, or 191.0 GW at 140 meter hub height, generating 585 TWh annually.{{Cite web

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|date=2015-09-24

}} For comparison, Arizona consumed 69.391 TWh of electricity in 2005;{{Cite web

|title=Electric Power and Renewable Energy in Arizona

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}} the entire U.S. wind power industry was producing at an annual rate of approximately 50 TWh at the end of 2008; Arizona's Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station produced 26.782 TWh in 2007; and Three Gorges Dam (the world's largest electricity-generating station) produced an average of 80 TWh/yr in 2008 and 2009.

{{See also|List of power stations in Arizona#Wind farms}}

• Dry Lake Wind Power Project in Navajo County is Arizona's first utility-scale wind farm. Phase 1 consists of 30 Suzlon 2.1 MW wind turbines, for a total nameplate capacity of 63 MW. Iberdrola Renewables built the wind farm in 2009 for $100 million, and sells the output to Salt River Project.
• Chevelon Butte phase 1. On June 1, 2023 AES announced that phase one of the Chevelon Butte project began operations. This portion brings 238 megawatts to the Arizona power grid. The second phase, which is 216 megawatts will begin construction soon with plans to be operational in 2024{{cite press release | url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/aes-commences-operation-of-first-phase-of-chevelon-butte-wind-farm-301839653.html | title=AES Commences Operation of First Phase of Chevelon Butte Wind Farm }}
• Kingman Wind Farm, built in 2011, has 10 MW of wind turbines.[http://kingmanarizonanews.com/wind-turbines-are-up-south-of-kingman-p181-1.htm 5 Wind Turbines Are Up South Of Kingman]
• Perrin Ranch Wind Farm in Coconino County began operation in 2012 with 62 wind turbines, generating 99.2 MW of electricity.[http://www.nexteraenergyresources.com/pdf_redesign/perrinranch.pdf Perrin Ranch Wind Energy Center]
• Fort Huachuca has an 850 KW two blade wind turbine installed in 2011.[http://pg-matuszak.blogspot.com/2012/05/military-budget-blowing-away.html Military Budget Blowing Away?]
• Red Horse 2 Wind and Solar Project has 30 MW of wind turbines installed in 2015.[http://tucson.com/business/local/big-wind-farm-starts-producing-electricity-for-tucson/article_acaa33e5-efeb-56f7-872a-46ade1b36494.html Big wind farm starts producing electricity for Tucson]

• As of 2012, BP Wind Energy of North America proposed building the Mohave County Wind Farm project comprising up to 258 wind turbines on federally managed lands in Mohave County. The site – about 49,000 acres of public land – is in the White Hills area about 40 miles northwest of Kingman and 20 miles southeast of Hoover Dam. The project should have up to 500 MW of capacity and construction may be in phases. Transmission lines are planned to connect to existing Western Area Power Administration lines.{{cite web |url=http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/prog/energy/wind/mohave.html |title=Mohave County Wind Farm Project |author=Bureau of Land Management |date=2011-09-27 }} The project was sold to NextEra Energy and renamed the White Hills Wind Project. Larger turbines will be used, reducing the number needed. An interconnection to WAPA's Mead-Peacock 345-kV transmission line was approved by WAPA in May 2019.[https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/05/10/2019-09677/mohave-county-wind-farm-project-record-of-decision Mohave County Wind Farm Project Record of Decision], Federal Register, 84 FR 20622, May 10, 2019 Construction of the 127 turbine farm began in 2020, with initial power output expected by the end of the year. Southern California Clean Power Alliance has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement for 300 MW from the wind farm.{{cite news|url=http://www.mohavedailynews.com/news/wind-farm-under-construction-in-white-hills/article_b635274c-5eb0-11ea-8941-7bdc5795512a.html|title=Wind farm under construction in White Hills|first=DAvid|last=Hawins|publisher=Mohave Valley Daily News|date=Mar 5, 2020}}

• Utility-scale wind power at Babbitt Ranch Energy Center. Construction began on March 22, 2023 of a 161 Megawatt wind energy project in Coconino county. The project was proposed by NextEra Resources and SRP plans to start delivering power in 2024{{cite web | url=https://azbigmedia.com/business/construction-begins-on-babbitt-ranch-energy-center-near-flagstaff/ | title=Construction begins on Babbitt Ranch Energy Center near Flagstaff | date=22 March 2023 }}

• Chevelon Butte. AES is planning and in construction on a 454 megawatt wind project in Coconino and Navajo counties 20 miles south of Winslow, Arizona. The project is to be completed in two phases, the first 238 megawatt phase is expected to be fully operational before summer 2023.{{cite web | url=https://www.aes.com/chevelon-butte | title=Chevelon Butte Wind Farm | AES }} With the second 216 megawatt phase to be operational sometime in 2024. The second phase turbines are being provided by Vestas, a Danish manufacturer. {{cite web | url=https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/news/vestas-supply-turbines-216mw-chevelon-butte-wind-farm-phase-2/ | title=Vestas to supply turbines for 216MW Chevelon Butte wind farm phase 2 }}

• West Camp Wind Farm. AES has received approval from the Navajo County board of Supervisors for a 500 megawatt, 104 turbine, wind farm 10 miles south of Joesph City, Arizona. On December 23, 2023 Vestas announced an agreement to build and commission 89 wind turbines. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter 2024 with operations expected to start in 2025. {{cite web | url=https://www.aes.com/west-camp-wind | title=West Camp Wind Farm | AES }}{{cite web | url=https://www.evwind.es/2023/12/22/vestas-secures-a-401-mw-order-for-a-wind-farm-in-arizona-usa/95609 | title=Vestas secures a 401 MW order for a wind farm in Arizona, USA | REVE News of the wind sector in Spain and in the world | date=22 December 2023 }}

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Flagstaff is the home of Southwest Windpower.

The ASU School of Sustainability in Tempe, Arizona features an array of small wind turbines on its roof, with real-time data available to the public through the ASU Campus Metabolism[http://cm.asu.edu/ Campus Metabolism] web site.

According to the USDOE, each 1000 MW of wind power capacity installed in Arizona will annually

save 818 million gallons of water and eliminate 2.0 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions.{{Cite web

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|title=Economic Benefits, Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Reductions, and Water Conservation Benefits from 1,000 Megawatts (MW) of New Wind Power in Arizona

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|date=October 2008

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For comparison, Arizona emitted a total of 101,510,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2007.[http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/downloads/CO2FFC_2007.xls CO2 Emissions from Fossil Fuel Combustion - Million Metric Tons CO2]

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• List of U.S. states by carbon dioxide emissions
• List of wind farms in the United States
• Outline of Arizona
• Solar power in Arizona

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