NM Wind Farms
NM state has a number of wind farms. With the exception of a few states, only wind farms 200MW and greater are listed. There are a ton of smaller capacity wind farms as well.
Wind drive large turbines that power an generator in the nacelle, which produces electricity. Often the electricity is stored in large battery storage banks (like Tesla Megapacks), which is tied to the grid.
WIND FARM | MW | TURBINES | LOCATION |
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Borderlands | 100 | 34 | Catron County |
Red Mesa | 102 | 64 | Cibola County |
Broadview Energy | 143 | 62 | Curry County |
Grady | 221 | 84 | Curry County |
New Mexico Wind Energy Center | 204 | 136 | De Baca County |
Aragonne Mesa 2 | 143 | 53 | Guadalupe County |
Oso Grande | 247 | 61 | Lea County |
Roosevelt | 250 | 125 | Roosevelt County |
Sagamore Wind | 523 | 240 | Roosevelt County |
San Juan Mesa | 120 | 120 | Roosevelt County |
El Cabo | 298 | 142 | Torrance County |
High Lonesome | 99 | 40 | Torrance County |
La Joya | 213 | 76 | Torrance County |
Western Spirit | 1,056 | 377 | Torrance County |