✖ Construction Reporter

Show Password Forgot Password?

Not a Member? Start a free-trial today!
Construction Reporter
  • Home
  • Services
    • Planroom
    • Printing
    • Project Upload
    • Architects & Owners
    • General Contractors
    • Subcontractors
  • Free Trial
  • Become a Member
  • Magazine
  • News
  • Contact Us
  • About
    • About
    • FAQs
    • Privacy Policy

massive new mexico wind project wins signal approval

10/17/2018

0 Comments

 
Picture
A proposal to build what could be the biggest wind farm in the history of New Mexico has won the unanimous approval of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission.

As planned, the Corona Wind Project will be a 2.2 gigawatt facility that will belong to the San Francisco-based Pattern Energy Group.

According to reports, the new farm, upon completion, would have the ability to generate power equivalent to a medium-sized nuclear power plant.

The project will encompass in excess of 300,000 aces in east central New Mexico and will see the construction of around 950 wind turbines, as well as just under 80 miles of 345-kilovolt transmission lines stretching across three counties.

The Corona Wind Project is actually a collection of some six individual wind projects that will be connected to the still-to-be developed Sun Zia Southwest Transmission Project at a substation near the village of Corona.

As presented to members of the commission, a completed Sun Zia project would transmit energy from the combined Corona projects. That energy would then be sold to a growing consumer market in both Arizona and California.

Altogether, the Corona Wind Project will pass through property belonging to some 40 individual land owners who have already agreed to leases or option contracts.

In a statement, Mike Garland, chief executive officer of Pattern Development, said the Corona Wind Project will create “over a thousand new construction jobs,” while “generating billions of dollars in economic impact.”

The Pattern Energy Group is an affiliate of Pattern Development.
One obstacle standing in the way of the project is the Public Regulation Commission vote in September prohibiting the Sun Zia Project from moving forward until the exact location of its transmission line route is clearly defined.

Sun Zia is expected to file an amended application to the commission soon that will more than likely provide a clear route for transmission lines running around 520 miles between central New Mexico and southern Arizona.

By Garry Boulard

0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Get stories like these right to your inbox.
    ​Sign up for our newsletter

    Subscribe

    Archives

    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017

    Categories

    All

AFFILIATES

Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
HOME
PLANS & PRICING
FREE TRIAL
MAGAZINE​
BECOME A MEMBER
PRINTING SERVICES
FAQS
CONTACT
​ABOUT

TIMELY, RELIABLE NEWS SINCE 1949 ​Construction Reporter
​
4901 Mcleod Rd NE STE 200A
Albuquerque NM 87109


​Phone: (505)-243-9793
Toll Free: (877)-292-5793
​Fax: (505)-242-4758

Copyright © 2022 Construction Reporter
User Agreement   Privacy Policy   Archive Policy
  • Home
  • Services
    • Planroom
    • Printing
    • Project Upload
    • Architects & Owners
    • General Contractors
    • Subcontractors
  • Free Trial
  • Become a Member
  • Magazine
  • News
  • Contact Us
  • About
    • About
    • FAQs
    • Privacy Policy