Acciona begins construction work on 150 MW wind project in US
ACCIONA Energía has started construction work on its second wind farm in Texas. An investment of around €176 million, Palmas Altas will have a capacity of 144.9 MW and will be equipped with 46 wind turbines of Nordex technology. Grid connection is planned for November 2019.
Located in Cameron County, near the San Roman wind farm that ACCIONA started up in December 2016, the new facility will produce around 524 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of clean energy per year, equivalent to the consumption of 43,000 U.S. households. It will offset the emission of 503,000 metric tons of CO2 – the equivalent of taking more 100,000 cars and trucks off the road.
The wind turbines installed in Palmas Altas will be Nordex’s AW125/3150 model with a rotor diameter of 125 meters, mounted on an 87.5-meter steel tower (hub height). The energy produced by the wind farm will be sold in the ERCOT-South Texas wholesale market.
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