Ponnequin Wind Facility
Colorado
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PROJECT STATS
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Developer:
DISGEN
Project Size:
16 megawatts (MW)
Customer:
Public Service Company of Colorado
Owner/Operator:
Energy Unlimited, Inc.
Financing:
Adven Systems, LLC
Construction:
Site Constructors, Inc.
Commercial Operation:
November 14, 1998
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The Ponnequin Wind Facility was developed under a cooperative agreement between Distributed Generations Systems, Inc. (DISGEN) and Public Service Company of Colorado (PSC). The project size is 16 MW.
Phase One is a five megawatt (5 MW) facility comprised of seven (7) NEG/MICON 750 kW wind turbines. Ponnequin is interconnected, through a substation owned by PSC, to a Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) 115 kilovolt (115 kV) transmission line. PSC aquires the energy under a long-term power purchase agreement in support of their WINDSOURCE™ Green Pricing Program.
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