EDP Renewables North America has started commercial operation of the 209MW Reloj del Sol wind farm in the US state of Texas.
Reloj del Sol, in Zapata County, will help strengthen Texas’s grid and is estimated to provide approximately $36m in direct payments to local governments and $100m in payments to landowners throughout the life of the project, EDPR said.
The commissioning of the project supported 101 full-time equivalent jobs during construction and created 10 permanent jobs, dedicated to operating and maintaining the wind farm.
This project is the latest project in EDPR’s growing energy portfolio in Texas, joining the company’s four operating wind farms in the state.
Collectively, EDPR’s Texas portfolio now totals 909MW in operating renewable energy capacity.
EDPR is also constructing the 200MW Wildcat Creek Wind Farm, which is located in Cooke County.