Avangrid commences operations of three new Wind Farms
Subsidiary of AVANGRID,Inc , Avangrid Renewables initiated commercial operations at three new wind farms in recent weeks. The league encompasses 500 Megawatts of new wind farms in California, New Mexico, and Colorado. The company now possesses 3,300 wind turbines across 22 states.
Avangrid Renewables President & CEO Laura Beane stated “While commercial operation marks the culmination of years of teamwork with landowners, local leaders, and so many supporters, we’ll continue to work hard to build on these relationships, as our employees will live and work in these areas for years to come.”
The Tule project in the McCain Valley of eastern San Diego County features 57 GE wind turbines and supplies renewable energy under a 15-year contract to Southern California Edison (SCE), an Edison International company. The El Cabo Wind Farm, in Torrance County about 90 miles east of Albuquerque, features 142 Siemens Gamesa wind turbines, and also supplies renewable energy to Southern California Edison. The Twin Buttes II Wind Farm consists of 36 Siemens Gamesa wind turbines south of Lamar, near Avangrid Renewables’ existing Twin Buttes Wind Farm. It will supply renewable energy under a 25-year contract to Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. (Tri-State).
Image Source- Avangrid Renewables