Wind energy
All the Pretty Workhorses: Giant Wind Farm Comes to New Mexico, Featuring GE Vernova’s 3.6-154 Turbines
Getting renewable electricity to big population centers is a growing challenge in the United States, but in the high desert of central New Mexico a plan is coming together. There, near the tiny town of Corona, GE Vernova will deploy 674 of its new “workhorse” 3.6-154 wind turbines* for the SunZia project and its developer, Pattern Energy. When completed in 2026, this colossus of a project will weigh in at a total 3,500 MW, making it the largest wind farm — and in fact the largest renewables project — in the Western Hemisphere, providing enough power for some 3 million people.
Renewables
Prairie Power: In Oklahoma, One of the World’s Largest Wind Farms Just Began Spinning
Ninety years ago, Oklahoma was at the heart of the region torn apart by the Dust Bowl, a result of economic policies, shifting weather and overplowing that allowed the open plains’ high winds to sweep through and whip the earth into massive dust storms. Today those same winds are helping to bring that land back into productive use — and contributing to a cleaner atmosphere in the process.
Renewables
Where The Wind Blows: Huge New Mexico Wind Project Comes Online
The American West is often associated with a sense of opportunity, new beginnings, and can-do attitude in the popular imagination. Now a wind project in New Mexico is giving that sense a fresh dimension.
Renewable energy
Plain Energy: Huge New Mexico Wind Project Will Be Capable Of Powering The Equivalent Of 590,000 Homes
Pretty soon the bristly grasses of the high plains won’t be the only thing catching the wind in central New Mexico: Western Spirit Wind, an installation built by the southwestern utility Pattern Energy, is set to deliver more than 1,050 megawatts of renewable energy from four separate wind farms. The Western Spirit Wind project is scheduled to be the largest wind installation in the state, when completed.