EDF Renewable Energy commissions 200MW wind project in Texas, US

EDF Renewable Energy and partner BlackRock Infrastructure have officially inaugurated the 200MW Hereford wind farm in the US.

The firms had started developing the project in November 2013. Located in Deaf Smith County in Texas, the project started operations in December last year and has the potential to meet energy requirements of nearly 55,000 households.

Spread over 15,000 acres of land, the project houses 50 of V100 2.0MW turbines from Danish wind manufacturer Vestas.

The facility also has 54 turbines supplied by General Electric, each having a power production capacity of 1.85MW.

The facility, through its connection with the Competitive Renewable Energy Zone (CREZ) transmission infrastructure, offers long-term, green and economic energy from Western Texas to the rest of the state.

EDF Renewable Energy will offer long-term operations and maintenance for the renewable power plant and will be responsible for the balance of plant, project oversight, and 24/7 remote monitoring from its NERC compliant Operations Control Center (OCC).

EDF Renewable Energy executive vice-president Ryan Pfaff said: "We applaud the State of Texas for its vision in designing and implementing the CREZ transmission build-out over the past eight years.

"CREZ has served to unlock the rich wind resources of the Texas Panhandle and West Texas for the benefit of millions of Texans, in the form of competitively-priced, clean energy from projects like Hereford Wind."

Besides this, EDF Renewable Energy has commissioned other three wind power projects in Texas which includes Spinning Spur I and II (161MW each) and Bobcat Bluff (150 MW).