Llano Estacado Wind Ranch® at White Deer
- Completed in abbreviated time to qualify for PTCs
- Completed when energy industry had high levels of uncertainty due to 9/11
- First large scale wind power project in the Texas Panhandle
- Southwestern Public Service’s first large-scale wind project
SIZE: 80 MW
LOCATION: Carson County, TX
COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS DATE: December 2001
TURBINE EQUIPMENT: 80 Mitsubishi MHI 1000A 1 MW wind turbines
UTILITY: Southwestern Public Service Company (d/b/a/Xcel Energy, Inc.)
TRANSMISSION: 1-115 kV Substation, Adjacent to 115 kV Interconnect Line
INTERCONNECTION: 115 kV line from Nichols to Kingsmill of Southwestern Public Service CO.
LAND: 20 landowners
DEVELOPER, EPC CONTRACTOR, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, O&M PROVIDER: Texas Wind Power, a Cielo Wind affiliate
MAJORITY OWNER: Shell Renewables & Energy
