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Peñascal Wind Power Project - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 27°06′44″N 97°32′26″W / 27.11222°N 97.54056°W

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Peñascal Wind Power Project

Official name	Peñascal Wind Power Project
Country	United States
Location	Kenedy County, Texas
Coordinates	27°06′44″N 97°32′26″W / 27.11222°N 97.54056°W / 27.11222; -97.54056
Construction began	2008
Commission date	gradually thru 2015
Owner	Iberdrola
Operator	Avangrid
Wind farm
Type	Onshore
Power generation


Units operational	269 turbines
Make and model	Mitsubishi MWT-92 2.4MW, Gamesa G97 2.0MW
Nameplate capacity	605.2 MW
Capacity factor	30.9% (average 2016-2019)
Annual net output	1,636 GW·h
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The 605.2 megawatt (MW) Peñascal Wind Farm project is located south of Baffin Bay in Kenedy County, Texas and was constructed in three phases by Iberdrola and Mortenson Construction. It became Iberdrola's largest renewable energy facility in the world after completion of the second phase in 2010. ^[1]^[2]

Details

The first two construction phases of the wind farm each have 84 Mitsubishi MWT-92 2.4 MW wind turbines.^[3]^[4] Around 200 people were involved in the construction. Phase I was completed in April 2009 and Phase II came online in April 2010.^[1]

The facility also created some 20 long-term jobs in maintenance and operation. Iberdrola received a $114 million treasury grant for the project as part of the stimulus funds that was released in September 2009.^[1] On July 30, 2010, the U.S. Treasury's 1603 Program website listed the Penascal II Wind Project as having received a total award amount of $222,861,149.

Phase three of the project consists of 101 Gamesa G97 2.0 MW wind turbines. Construction began in 2013 and was completed in 2015.^[5]

The wind farm includes an innovative radar system that detects the arrival of large flocks of migratory birds and shuts down the turbines if visibility conditions present a danger.^[1]^[6]^[7]

Electricity production

Peñascal Wind Project Electricity Generation (MW·h)
Year	Peñascal 1 (201.6 MW) ^[8]	Peñascal 2 (201.6 MW) ^[9]	Baffin (202 MW) ^[10]	Total Annual MW·h
2008	87*	-	-	87
2009	376,572*	-	-	376,572
2010	595,498	333,048*	-	928,546
2011	619,812	666,210	-	1,286,022
2012	636,724	584,703	-	1,221,427
2013	608,004	576,422	-	1,184,426
2014	564,882	528,958	-	1,093,840
2015	446,547	460,217	356,943*	1,263,707
2016	510,071	469,891	532,618	1,512,580
2017	588,153	525,946	624,903	1,739,002
2018	576,536	522,695	628,961	1,728,192
2019	494,618	462,752	607,698	1,565,068
Average Annual Production (years 2016-2019) --->				1,636,210
Average Capacity Factor (years 2016-2019) --->				30.9%

(*) partial year of operation

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Iberdrola Opens 404-MW Penascal Wind Farm Renewable Energy World, 22 June 2010.
^ "Construction Continues at Iberdrola Renewables' Baffin Wind Farm in Texas". marketwatch.com. December 2, 2013.
^ "Peñascal I". thewindpower.net. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
^ "Peñascal II". thewindpower.net. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
^ "Baffin". thewindpower.net. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
^ "Using Radar to Protect Birds from Wind Farms". Alternative Energy News. May 5, 2009.
^ Suzanne Goldenberg (May 1, 2009). "Texas wind farm pioneers radar technology to protect migrating birds". The Guardian.
^ "Peñascal 1, Annual". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
^ "Peñascal 2, Annual". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
^ "Baffin, Annual". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved April 27, 2019.

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