Ocotillo Windpower

     

Project Highlights

  • Commissioning of the first turbine began on 9/3/08 and generated Ocotillo’s first MWh
  • 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
  • Facility will generate energy approximately 70-80% of the time for an estimated average yearly output of 191 GWh/year
  • Ocotillo project detail (pdf, 133 KB)

Overview

Duke Energy Generation Services is currently developing a new 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. The project’s projected commercial operations date is October, 2008.