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Updated Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:56 am TWN, AP

Ground broken for wind energy project in Mojave

MOJAVE, California -- Renewable energy developers have broken ground for a major expansion of wind-power generation in the Mojave Desert north of Los Angeles.

The Alta Wind Energy Center is planned as the world's largest wind project, with nearly 600 turbines capable of producing 1,550 megawatts of electricity when completed, with the potential to be doubled, according to developer Terra-Gen Power LLC of New York City.

The currently funded first five phases will produce 720 megawatts, according to a company statement.

Financing for the initial phases totaled US$1.6 billion, the company said.

The project is being developed in a region already studded with turbines that use the energy of winds sweeping across the Tehachapi Mountains to produce electricity.

Southern California Edison, which has contracted to buy 1,550 megawatts from Alta Wind, recently completed the first phase of a huge transmission system to carry electricity from renewable energy sources in the Mojave Desert to the Los Angeles region.

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	One of the new towers, center, for the wind turbines of the new Alta Wind Energy Center can be seen among older wind turbines Tuesday, July 27, in Mojave, California. The center will be able to generate up to 1,550 megawatts of wind energy when completed. (AP) Enlarge Photo


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