Ocotillo Windpower

Project Highlights

• The project began commercial operation on November 1, 2008
• Roughly 10 miles of buried transmission and communication cable are serving as the collection system
• Facility covers 2500 acres with nine miles of access road
• The project will generate electricity approximately 70-80% of the time for an estimated average yearly output of 191 GWh/year
• Ocotillo project detail (pdf, 656 KB)

Overview

Duke Energy Generation Services developed a 58.8 MW windpower facility located in Howard County, Texas.

The Ocotillo Windpower facility includes 28 Suzlon wind turbines that operate 2.1 MWs each.