Palmas Altas Wind Farm
Cameron County, TX
- Renewable Energy for more than 43,000 homes
- Will produce 524 GWh of clean energy per year
- Offsets emissions of 503,000 metric tons of CO2 – equivalent of taking more than 100,000 cars and trucks off the road
- Employed 170 people at the peak of construction – now completed a 10-person operations team will staff the wind farm over its 25-year life span
- Turnkey real estate and permitting work to snapshot coop transmission line extension
- Turbine layout and design to pair with irrigation operations.
SERVICES PROVIDED: Development Services
SIZE: 144.9 MW
LOCATION: Cameron County, TX
OPERATING SINCE: December 2019
TURBINE EQUIPMENT: 46 Nordex Acciona AW125 3.15 MW wind turbines
TRANSMISSION:1-138 kV Substation, 6-mile Transmission Line
INTERCONNECTION: 138 kV System of South Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.
LAND: 15 landowners
EPC CONTRACTOR: Acciona Energy
DEVELOPER: Cielo Wind Power
OWNER: Acciona Energy