ACCIONA starts the commercial operations of the 145 MW Palmas Altas wind project in Cameron County

ACCIONA has started the operations of the 145 MW Palmas Altas wind project, with a total investment of some US$200 million.

The wind farm features 46 Nordex technology wind turbines totaling 145 MW capacity. It is located in Cameron County, near the San Roman wind farm that ACCIONA started up in December 2016, the facility will produce around 524 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 Palmas Altas project employed approximately 170 people at the peak of construction. Now that is completed, a 10-person operations team will staff the wind farm over its 25-year lifespan.

The wind turbines installed in Palmas Altas are 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.