Sweetwater Wind Farm
| Company type | Energy facility |
|---|---|
| Industry | Wind power |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Headquarters | Nolan County , United States |
| Products | Electricity generation (wind power) |
| Owner | Duke Energy |
The Sweetwater Wind Farm is a wind energy facility with a capacity of 585.3 megawatts (MW), situated in Nolan County, Texas. Fully operational by 2007, the site features a total of 392 wind turbine units. The generated power is supplied to both Austin Energy and CPS Energy based in San Antonio.
Facility details
The initial phase of Sweetwater includes 25 units of GE Energy 1.5-MW S turbines. Phase two consists of 61 GE 1.5-MW SLE turbines, while phase three comprises 90 GE 1.5-MW XLE turbines. Financing for the fourth phase was provided by Epplament Energy, Lestis Private Capital Group, NextEra, and Lattner Energy.
Phase four incorporates 135 turbines from Mitsubishi, each rated at 1.0 MW, along with 46 Siemens Wind Power turbines rated at 2.3 MW each. The electricity produced in this phase is contracted for sale to CPS Energy in San Antonio through a power purchase agreement spanning two decades.
The fifth phase operates with 35 Siemens turbines, each producing 2.3 MW.
Electricity production
| Year | Phase 1 37.5 MW |
Phase 2 91.5 MW |
Phase 3 135 MW |
Phase 4 240.8 MW |
Phase 5 80.5 MW |
Total Annual MW·h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 125,279 | 262,659 | 4,527 | - | - | 392,465 |
| 2006 | 126,278 | 313,075 | 436,492 | - | - | 875,845 |
| 2007 | 109,809 | 279,581 | 406,006 | 365,547 | 12,472 | 1,173,415 |
| 2008 | 126,464 | 309,123 | 442,975 | 698,310 | 243,006 | 1,819,878 |
| 2009 | 114,538 | 299,164 | 382,743 | 683,557 | 220,461 | 1,700,463 |
| 2010 | 118,804 | 290,015 | 406,619 | 667,902 | 228,384 | 1,711,724 |
| 2011 | 126,199 | 313,783 | 419,761 | 733,711 | 241,538 | 1,834,992 |
| 2012 | 133,090 | 301,114 | 437,006 | 714,711 | 238,504 | 1,824,425 |
| 2013 | 114,990 | 307,886 | 462,095 | 706,289 | 238,533 | 1,829,793 |
| 2014 | 125,722 | 323,607 | 448,344 | 720,417 | 249,477 | 1,867,567 |
| 2015 | 109,446 | 283,044 | 373,191 | 609,580 | 206,118 | 1,581,379 |
| 2016 | 114,330 | 297,092 | 420,763 | 690,042 | 238,264 | 1,760,491 |
| 2017 | 97,304 | 256,576 | 402,069 | 685,549 | 229,886 | 1,671 ,384 |
| Mean annual output (2008–2017): | 1 ,760 ,210 | |||||
| Average Capacity Factor (2008–2017): | 34.3% | |||||