Roscoe Wind Farm
On May 15th, 2007, Airtricity, Inc., (website: www.airtricity.com) a leading renewable energy company, announced the construction of its largest wind farm to date. The 209 megawatt Roscoe Wind Farm will provide power to TXU Wholesale, a subsidiary of TXU Corp., under a five-year sales contract. The project area stretches into three counties and will cover nearly 30,000 acres when it is completed.
The Roscoe Wind Farm, which is scheduled for completion by the end of the year, will annually produce enough energy to power 60,000 homes and save approximately 375,000 tons per year in greenhouse gas emissions, The project will help Texas meet its renewable energy goal of 5,000 new megawatts of its power from renewable sources by 2015. In 2006, Texas became the nation's leader in installed wind capacity.
Airtricity's third Texas project, the Roscoe Wind Farm is located on a site adjacent to the town of Roscoe, 45 miles southwest of Abilene in an area primarily used for cotton farming. The site will employ 209 1.0 megawatt Mitsubishi 1000A turbines.
Airtricity's fourth Texas wind farm, the 126 megawatt Champion project, recently commenced construction five miles from the Roscoe site. By the end of this year Airtricity will operate 550 megawatts of wind power in Texas, making it one of the leading providers of clean, native energy in the state.
About Airtricity
Founded in 1997, Airtricity is a fully integrated renewable power company with 455 MW of wind projects in operation, a further 1400 MW planned to be in operation by early 2009 and a project development pipeline in excess of 10,000 MW. Airtricity has over 360 employees globally organized in three core business units: Europe on-shore, Europe off-shore and North America. Airtricity also operates a retail supply business in Ireland supplying 35,000 commercial customers with renewable power.
Currently, Airtricity North America has completed construction of 214 MW with a further 370 MW under construction and 706 MW in final stage development backed by firm orders for turbines for delivery in 2008 through early 2009. With an additional 6,500 MW under development, Airtricity North America is well positioned to capitalize on the significant growth of wind power in the U.S. and Canada. Airtricity North America has offices in Chicago, Austin, and Toronto.
