Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. (AECC) of Little Rock has entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement with Wildhorse Wind Energy LLC, owned by Southern Power.
AECC will purchase up to 100 MW of energy that will be produced by the Wildhorse Mountain Wind Facility, located in Pushmataha County, Okla.
“Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. works on behalf of more than 500,000 electric cooperative members to add resources, like the 100 MW of capacity from Wildhorse Mountain Wind Facility, to its generation portfolio,” says Duane Highley, president and CEO of AECC. “This wind facility, along with AECC’s diverse, reliable generation portfolio, provides energy at the lowest possible cost to our members.”
The 100 MW project is expected to consist of 29 wind turbines manufactured by Vestas. Roaring Fork Wind, a co-development partnership between Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. (RES) and Vestas, developed the project, and RES will provide the balance-of-plant construction of the facility.
The project is expected to reach commercial operations in the fourth quarter of 2019.
