Dec 29 2008
NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) has completed construction on its second wind farm, the 122-megawatt (MW) Elbow Creek Wind Project in Howard County near Big Spring, Texas. The wind farm, was developed by NRG subsidiary Padoma Wind Power LLC, and is being dispatched by NRG Texas.
The Elbow Creek Wind Project consists of 53 Siemens wind turbine generators, each able to generate up to 2.3 MW of power. Early land rights to the project were acquired from Wind Plus Holdings, Inc.
“Elbow Creek is our second wind project and another step forward in our low- and no-carbon emission investments as part of our RepoweringNRG program,” said David Crane, President and CEO of NRG Energy. “Wind complements our zero-emission nuclear generation as well as our low-carbon initiatives to satisfy growing electricity demand while reducing our overall carbon intensity fleetwide.”
NRG’s first wind project, the 150-MW Sherbino I Wind Farm in Pecos County, Texas, came online in October of this year. Sherbino I is a 50-50 joint venture with BP Wind Energy North America Inc.
“Additional wind power provides valuable diversity to NRG’s generation portfolio and helps Texas meet its renewable energy goals,” said Jan Paulin, President and CEO, Padoma Wind Power. “Elbow Creek, along with Sherbino, is now generating zero-fuel, zero-emission electricity for Texans across the ERCOT grid.”