Duke Energy Renewables will build, own and operate the 202MW Los Vientos II Windpower Project and sell the electricity and renewable energy credits it generates to Austin Energy through a 25-year agreement.
Duke Energy Renewables will begin construction of the Los Vientos II Windpower Project by December and expects to bring the wind farm on line by the end of 2012. The number of wind turbines that will comprise the project will be determined once the company finalizes a supply agreement with a turbine manufacturer. The Los Vientos II wind farm will be the second phase of a 402MW-total project announced on August 8. The first phase, the 200MW Los Vientos I Windpower Project, is also expected to achieve commercial operation by the end of 2012. San Antonio-based CPS Energy has agreed to buy all of the output from the first phase of the project under the terms of a 25-year power purchase agreement. Los Vientos II will be Duke Energy Renewables’ fifth wind farm in Texas.
Duke Energy Renewables will begin construction of the Los Vientos II Windpower Project by December and expects to bring the wind farm on line by the end of 2012. The number of wind turbines that will comprise the project will be determined once the company finalizes a supply agreement with a turbine manufacturer. The Los Vientos II wind farm will be the second phase of a 402MW-total project announced on August 8. The first phase, the 200MW Los Vientos I Windpower Project, is also expected to achieve commercial operation by the end of 2012. San Antonio-based CPS Energy has agreed to buy all of the output from the first phase of the project under the terms of a 25-year power purchase agreement. Los Vientos II will be Duke Energy Renewables’ fifth wind farm in Texas.