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Construction of Arizona's first wind energy farm continues
63 megawatts of renewable energy will come from facility near Snowflake
Nearly all of the 30 planned wind turbines have been installed at the Dry Lake Wind Project, Arizona's
first major commercial wind development. The wind farm, which is being built by Oregon-based Iberdrola
Renewables, will be located about 18 miles northwest of Snowflake just east of Arizona State Route 377.
Twenty five of the giant turbines have been erected to date and construction will continue at
the site through the fall. SRP has signed an agreement to purchase 100 percent of the
electricity and calls for the delivery of 63 megawatts of energy to SRP by Dec. 31.
Sixty-three megawatts is approximately enough energy to power more than 15,000 average residential
homes in the Phoenix area. SRP also has the first option to buy additional power from the Dry Lake
project if Iberdrola chooses to expand the site within three years of the execution of the agreement.
The turbine towers are approximately 250 feet tall and the turbine rotors are about 280 feet in diameter. Once assembled, the towers (with the blades at high noon) are about 400 feet or 30 stories tall.
Under SRP's Sustainable Portfolio goals set by its publicly elected Board of Directors, SRP must
secure sustainable and renewable resources to meet 15 percent of its retail energy needs by 2025.
SRP is the third-largest public power utility in the nation, serving more than 935,000 electric customers
in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area.
