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Wind Turbines in New Mexico Sending Power to Arizona
By MB-BigB | December 24, 2006
On Friday, The Arizona Public Service Co starting receiving power from wind power turbines located in New Mexico. The 20 year agreement between APS and the Aragonne Mesa Wind Farm in eastern New Mexico will send 5 megawatts of wind generated power into Arizona, enough to power about 25,000 homes. According to APS, this is the first of many alternative power projects that will be coming online. APS already produces 10 megawatts of geothermal power and 6 megawatts of solar power as it works towards meeting a 15% renewable energy standard required by Arizona.
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January 5th, 2007 at 2:37 am
Contrary to the Arizona Republic news report you cite, APS does not ‘produce’ geothermal power, nor is it only 10 MW. Rather, they buy 45 MW from merchant projects in the Salton Sea area of S. Cal.