| Sweetwater Wind Farm | |
| Location Map Caption: | Sweetwater Wind Farm |
| Coordinates: | 32.3606°N -100.3389°W |
| Country: | United States |
| Location: | Texas |
| Status: | Operational |
| Commissioned: | 2007 |
| Owner: | Duke Energy Infigen Energy |
| Ps Units Operational: | 392 |
| Wind Farm Type: | Onshore |
| Ps Electrical Capacity: | 585.3 MW |
| Ps Electrical Cap Fac: | 34.3% (average 2008-2017) |
| Ps Annual Generation: | 1,760 GW·h |
The Sweetwater Wind Farm is a 585.3-megawatt (MW) wind farm in Nolan County, Texas. The facility includes 392 wind turbines and was fully commissioned by 2007. The electricity is being sold to Austin Energy and to CPS Energy of San Antonio.[1]
Sweetwater phase 1 consists of 25 GE Energy 1.5-MW S turbines, Sweetwater phase 2 consists of 61 GE 1.5-MW SLE turbines, Sweetwater 3 consists of 90 GE 1.5-MW XLE turbines. Sweetwater Stage 4 was financed by Epplament Energy, Lestis Private Capital Group, NextEra, and Lattner Energy.
Sweetwater stage 4 employs 135 Mitsubishi 1.0-MW wind turbines and 46 Siemens Wind Power 2.3-MW turbines. Its output is being sold to San Antonio's CPS Energy under a 20-year purchase agreement.[2]
Sweetwater 5 uses 35 Siemens 2.3-MW turbines.
| Year | Phase 1 37.5 MW [3] | Phase 2 91.5 MW [4] | Phase 3 135 MW [5] | Phase 4 240.8 MW [6] | Phase 5 80.5 MW [7] | Total Annual MW·h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 125,279 | 262,659 | 4,527 | - | - | 392,465 |
| 2006 | 126,278 | 313,075 | 436,492 | - | - | 875,845 |
| 2007 | 109,809 | 279,581 | 406,006 | 365,547 | 12,472 | 1,173,415 |
| 2008 | 126,464 | 309,123 | 442,975 | 698,310 | 243,006 | 1,819,878 |
| 2009 | 114,538 | 299,164 | 382,743 | 683,557 | 220,461 | 1,700,463 |
| 2010 | 118,804 | 290,015 | 406,619 | 667,902 | 228,384 | 1,711,724 |
| 2011 | 126,199 | 313,783 | 419,761 | 733,711 | 241,538 | 1,834,992 |
| 2012 | 133,090 | 301,114 | 437,006 | 714,711 | 238,504 | 1,824,425 |
| 2013 | 114,990 | 307,886 | 462,095 | 706,289 | 238,533 | 1,829,793 |
| 2014 | 125,722 | 323,607 | 448,344 | 720,417 | 249,477 | 1,867,567 |
| 2015 | 109,446 | 283,044 | 373,191 | 609,580 | 206,118 | 1,581,379 |
| 2016 | 114,330 | 297,092 | 420,763 | 690,042 | 238,264 | 1,760,491 |
| 2017 | 97,304 | 256,576 | 402,069 | 685,549 | 229,886 | 1,671,384 |
| Average annual production (years 2008–2017) : | 1,760,210 | |||||
| Average Capacity Factor (years 2008–2017) : | 34.3% |