Roundhouse
Commercial operation: 2020
Net capacity: 225 MW
Fuel type: wind energy
Operations: intermittent
Operations
- Owned by NextEra Energy
- Project spans approximately 20,000 acres of land
- Features 82 General Electric wind turbines, estimated to produce energy to power more than 100,000 homes per year
- Located 15 miles north of Rawhide Energy Station
- Platte River owns the 19-mile 230-kilovolt generator outlet line that will carry power from Roundhouse to Rawhide Energy Station
Financials
- Purchase power agreement through 2042
- Lowest cost wind energy source on the Platte River system
- Long-term fixed pricing to mitigate future price risk
Environmental
- Renewable source of energy
- Zero air emissions
Medicine Bow
Commercial operation: 1998 (phase 1)
Net capacity: 6 MW
Fuel type: wind energy
Operations: intermittent
Operations
- Owned by Skyline Renewables and operated by Gamesa
- Resource operates in winds 9 miles per hour to 56 miles per hour
- Resource averages 33% capacity factor on an annual basis
Financials
- Purchase power agreement through 2033
- Known annual pricing with fixed escalation
Environmental
- Renewable source of energy
- Zero air emissions
72 MW of wind from the Spring Canyon and Silver Sage wind projects is currently sold to other entities, 60 MW of which will return to Platte River in 2030