RWE begins commercial operations of its 200 MW wind farms in Texas

RWE Renewables, a German renewable energy company, has begun commercial operations at its El Algodon Alto onshore wind farm in Texas’ San Patricio County. The 200 MW onshore wind plant, which is part of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) south market, is equipped with 91 Vestas wind turbines. The onshore wind farm will generate enough electricity to power over 60,000 homes.

RWE Renewables stated that it spent more than $11.1 million on the wind farm’s construction in the area. With the addition of this project, the company’s installed generation capacity in Texas now exceeds 3.7 GW. More than 1.7 GW of this is located along the state’s coastline. RWE Renewables stated that the US accounts for more than one-third of the company’s total renewable capacity, with more than 5 GW of generation capacity in the country.

In October 2021, RWE formed a joint venture with PPC, a Greek utility, to develop utility-scale solar projects with a combined capacity of up to 2 GW in Greece. Under the arrangement, RWE will hold 51 per cent of the joint business, while PPC renewables would hold the remaining 49 per cent. PPC Renewables would provide nine solar projects with a combined generation capacity of 940 MW to the joint venture. These are located within the boundaries of a former Amyntaio open pit lignite mine in Greece’s Western Macedonia region.