The Sweetwater Wind Farm is a 585.3-megawatt (MW) wind farm in Nolan County, Texas. The facility includes 392 wind turbines and was fully commissioned by 2007. The electricity is being sold to Austin Energy and to CPS Energy of San Antonio.[1]
| Sweetwater Wind Farm | |
|---|---|
 Sweetwater Wind Farm | |
| Country | United States |
| Location | Texas |
| Coordinates | 32°21′38″N 100°20′20″W / 32.36056°N 100.33889°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 2007 |
| Owners | Duke Energy Infigen Energy |
| Wind farm | |
| Type | Onshore |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 392 |
| Nameplate capacity | 585.3 MW |
| Capacity factor | 34.3% (average 2008-2017) |
| Annual net output | 1,760 GW·h |
Facility details
editSweetwater phase 1 consists of 25 GE Energy 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 1.0-MW wind turbines and 46 Siemens Wind Power 2.3-MW turbines. Its output is being sold to San Antonio's CPS Energy under a 20-year purchase agreement.[2]
Sweetwater 5 uses 35 Siemens 2.3-MW turbines.
Electricity production
edit| Year | Phase 1 37.5 MW [3] |
Phase 2 91.5 MW [4] |
Phase 3 135 MW [5] |
Phase 4 240.8 MW [6] |
Phase 5 80.5 MW [7] |
Total Annual MW·h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 125,279 | 262,659 | 4,527 | - | - | 392,465 |
| 2006 | 126,278 | 313,075 | 436,492 | - | - | 875,845 |
| 2007 | 109,809 | 279,581 | 406,006 | 365,547 | 12,472 | 1,173,415 |
| 2008 | 126,464 | 309,123 | 442,975 | 698,310 | 243,006 | 1,819,878 |
| 2009 | 114,538 | 299,164 | 382,743 | 683,557 | 220,461 | 1,700,463 |
| 2010 | 118,804 | 290,015 | 406,619 | 667,902 | 228,384 | 1,711,724 |
| 2011 | 126,199 | 313,783 | 419,761 | 733,711 | 241,538 | 1,834,992 |
| 2012 | 133,090 | 301,114 | 437,006 | 714,711 | 238,504 | 1,824,425 |
| 2013 | 114,990 | 307,886 | 462,095 | 706,289 | 238,533 | 1,829,793 |
| 2014 | 125,722 | 323,607 | 448,344 | 720,417 | 249,477 | 1,867,567 |
| 2015 | 109,446 | 283,044 | 373,191 | 609,580 | 206,118 | 1,581,379 |
| 2016 | 114,330 | 297,092 | 420,763 | 690,042 | 238,264 | 1,760,491 |
| 2017 | 97,304 | 256,576 | 402,069 | 685,549 | 229,886 | 1,671,384 |
| Average annual production (years 2008–2017) : | 1,760,210 | |||||
| Average Capacity Factor (years 2008–2017) : | 34.3% | |||||
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Top 10 biggest wind farms". power-technology.com. September 29, 2013.
- ^ "Filing with the Texas Public Utilities Commission" (PDF).
- ^ "Sweetwater 1, Annual". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
- ^ "Sweetwater 2, Annual". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
- ^ "Sweetwater 3, Annual". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
- ^ "Sweetwater 4, Annual". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
- ^ "Sweetwater 5, Annual". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
External links
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