The Sweetwater Wind Farm is a 585.3-
megawatt
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(MW)
wind farm
A wind farm or wind park, also called a wind power station or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used Wind power, to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundre ...
in
Nolan County, Texas
Nolan County is a county located in the west-central region of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 14,738. Its county seat is Sweetwater. The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1881. It is named for Phi ...
. The facility includes 392
wind turbine
A wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. Hundreds of thousands of large turbines, in installations known as wind farms, now generate over 650 gigawatts of power, with 60 GW added each year. ...
s and was fully commissioned by 2007. The electricity is being sold to
Austin Energy
Austin Energy is a publicly owned utility providing electrical power to the city of Austin, Texas and surrounding areas. Established in 1895, the utility is a department of the City of Austin and returns its profits to the city's general fund to ...
and to
CPS Energy
CPS Energy (formerly "City Public Service Board of San Antonio") is the municipal electric utility serving the city of San Antonio, Texas. Acquired by the city in 1942, CPS Energy serves over 840,750 electricity customers and more than 352,585 na ...
of
San Antonio
("Cradle of Freedom")
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Facility details
Sweetwater phase 1 consists of 25
GE Energy
GE Power (formerly known as GE Energy) is an American energy industry, energy technology company, owned by General Electric.
Structure
As of July 2019, GE Power is divided into the following divisions:
* GE Gas Power (formerly Alstom Power, Als ...
1.5-MW S turbines, Sweetwater phase 2 consists of 61 GE 1.5-MW SLE turbines, Sweetwater 3 consists of 90 GE 1.5-MW XLE turbines. Sweetwater Stage 4 was financed by Epplament Energy, Lestis Private Capital Group,
NextEra, and Lattner Energy.
Sweetwater stage 4 employs 135
Mitsubishi
The is a group of autonomous Japanese multinational companies in a variety of industries.
Founded by Yatarō Iwasaki in 1870, the Mitsubishi Group historically descended from the Mitsubishi zaibatsu, a unified company which existed from 1870 ...
1.0-MW wind turbines and 46
Siemens Wind Power
Siemens AG ( ) is a German Multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate corporation and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe headquartered in Munich with branch offices abroad.
The principal ...
2.3-MW turbines. Its output is being sold to San Antonio's CPS Energy under a 20-year purchase agreement.
Sweetwater 5 uses 35 Siemens 2.3-MW turbines.
Electricity production
See also
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Sweetwater, Texas
Sweetwater is a municipality in and the seat of Nolan County, Texas, United States. It is 123 miles southeast of Lubbock and 40 miles west of Abilene, Texas. Its population was 10,906 at the 2010 census.
History
The town's name "Sweetwater" is t ...
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Wind power in Texas
Wind power in Texas, a portion of total energy in Texas, consists of over 150 wind farms, which together have a total nameplate capacity of over 30,000 MW (as of 2020).
References
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Energy infrastructure completed in 2007
Wind farms in Texas
Buildings and structures in Nolan County, Texas
2007 establishments in Texas
Duke Energy
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