Sweetwater Wind Farm

The Sweetwater Wind Farm is a 585.3-megawatt (MW) wind farm in Nolan County, Texas. The facility includes 392 wind turbines and was fully commissioned by 2007. The electricity is being sold to Austin Energy and to CPS Energy of San Antonio.[1]

Sweetwater Wind Farm
Sweetwater Wind Farm
CountryUnited States
LocationTexas
Coordinates32°21′38″N 100°20′20″W
StatusOperational
Commission date2007
Owner(s)Duke Energy
Infigen Energy
Wind farm
TypeOnshore
Power generation
Units operational392
Nameplate capacity585.3 MW
Capacity factor34.3% (average 2008-2017)
Annual net output1,760 GW·h

Facility details

Sweetwater phase 1 consists of 25 GE Energy 1.5-MW S turbines, Sweetwater phase 2 consists of 61 GE 1.5-MW SLE turbines, Sweetwater 3 consists of 90 GE 1.5-MW XLE turbines. Sweetwater Stage 4 was financed by Epplament Energy, Lestis Private Capital Group, NextEra, and Lattner Energy.

Sweetwater stage 4 employs 135 Mitsubishi 1.0-MW wind turbines and 46 Siemens Wind Power 2.3-MW turbines. Its output is being sold to San Antonio's CPS Energy under a 20-year purchase agreement.[2]

Sweetwater 5 uses 35 Siemens 2.3-MW turbines.

Electricity production
Sweetwater Wind Farm Generation (MW·h)
YearPhase 1
37.5 MW [3]		Phase 2
91.5 MW [4]		Phase 3
135 MW [5]		Phase 4
240.8 MW [6]		Phase 5
80.5 MW [7]		Total Annual
MW·h
2005 125,279262,6594,527-- 392,465
2006 126,278313,075436,492-- 875,845
2007 109,809279,581406,006365,54712,472 1,173,415
2008 126,464309,123442,975698,310243,006 1,819,878
2009 114,538299,164382,743683,557220,461 1,700,463
2010 118,804290,015406,619667,902228,384 1,711,724
2011 126,199313,783419,761733,711241,538 1,834,992
2012 133,090301,114437,006714,711238,504 1,824,425
2013 114,990307,886462,095706,289238,533 1,829,793
2014 125,722323,607448,344720,417249,477 1,867,567
2015 109,446283,044373,191609,580206,118 1,581,379
2016 114,330297,092420,763690,042238,264 1,760,491
2017 97,304256,576402,069685,549229,886 1,671,384
Average annual production (years 2008-2017) --->1,760,210
Average Capacity Factor (years 2008-2017) --->34.3%

See also

References
  1. "Top 10 biggest wind farms". power-technology.com. September 29, 2013.
  2. "Filing with the Texas Public Utilities Commission" (PDF).
  3. "Sweetwater 1, Annual". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  4. "Sweetwater 2, Annual". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  5. "Sweetwater 3, Annual". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  6. "Sweetwater 4, Annual". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  7. "Sweetwater 5, Annual". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved March 25, 2019.


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