Platte River Power Authority’s board of directors has approved the purchase of the Spring Canyon Energy Center’s 28MW of additional wind energy in Logan County, Colorado, US.
In May 2013, Platte River signed an agreement with an affiliate of Invenergy Wind to purchase 32MW from the second phase of Spring Canyon, the Spring Canyon II Energy Center (Spring Canyon II).
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Currently under construction, Spring Canyon II is expected to commence commercial operation in the fourth quarter of 2014.
The third project phase, Spring Canyon III Energy Center (Spring Canyon III), will generate additional 28MW of wind power
The full 60MW from Spring Canyon II and III, which are located near Invenergy’s original Spring Canyon Energy facility, will be purchased by Platte River with all new wind generation to be commissioned by the end of 2014.
"Platte River is implementing direction from the Board by increasing our wind portfolio by 400 percent.
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By GlobalData"The 60 MW Spring Canyon expansion project will increase our wind energy supply to about nine percent of the power consumed annually in our four owner municipalities — Estes Park, Fort Collins, Longmont and Loveland. Including hydropower resources, the total portion of energy supplied to the municipalities from non-fossil resources will be approximately 30 percent.
Currently, Platte River is working on an integrated resource plan (IRP) aimed to identify options in order to further diversify generation resources used to serve the four cities.
"These projects support our efforts to meet our strategic objectives and are in line with direction from our Board."
Image: Platte River Power Authority’s board of directors approves the purchase of 28MW of wind energy. Photo: courtesy of dan / Freedigitalphotos.net.
