Leeward repowers and stretches Aragonne Wind project in New Mexico

Leeward Renewable Energy has completed both of its Aragonne projects, including the repowering of its old 90 MW Aragonne Wind project and the building of the new 145 MW Aragonne Mesa Wind project in the USA.

Under a previously announced deal, the projects located in Guadalupe County, New Mexico, will offer 200 MW of wind power generation to Arizona Public Service Company (APS) over a 20-year period, with the capacity to generate up to 235 MW of renewable energy.

The new projects are made up of 86 GE wind turbines that can produce more than three times the amount of energy produced by the legacy Aragonne Wind project while requiring 60% less land. All of the blades from the Aragonne Wind Turbines that were decommissioned were recycled or reused, as well as a generator.