CLOVIS, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tres Amigas and Broadview Energy, LLC (Broadview) announced the execution of agreements that would facilitate the development and construction of up to 500 MW of wind generation in northeast New Mexico. This milestone agreement will enable Broadview, Tres Amigas’ first customer, to deliver its high-quality New Mexico wind power for the next 25 years to California starting by year-end 2015 and also enables the project to utilize the additional services to be offered by Tres Amigas when the Super Station becomes operational.
Broadview has been in development since 2011 with National Renewable Solutions (NRS) as its Manager/Developer. Broadview’s 12-turbine first phase named Brahms Wind is located five miles south of Grady, N.M. The second phase is on approximately 39,000 acres north and east of the Brahms Wind project. The agreements executed with Tres Amigas are integral to the viability of this much larger second phase, which is named Broadview Energy KW.
Patrick Pelstring, CEO of NRS, said, “Our associate, Robert Walker, has been working on acquiring the transmission path from New Mexico to California for several years. Fortunately we are able to use these transmission rights for the Broadview Energy KW project. By signing these agreements with Tres Amigas we now have all the necessary pieces in place to be able to deliver power into California on existing transmission lines. And our project provides great diversity relative to California’s in-state renewable generation. We are very pleased with our working relationship with Tres Amigas, and our project fits their business plan. Further this project will generate significant jobs and growth for the local community. It’s clearly a win–win–win.”
According to Tres Amigas President & CEO Phil Harris, the NRS team has a project that will not only provide jobs locally but highly valued wind generation to California. The proximity of their location to Tres Amigas enables the two projects to work in tandem in a way that maximizes the synergy between the two companies.
The construction value to the local economy is about $1.2 billion for Tres Amigas and over $550 million for Broadview’s wind farm. The project plans to install over 200 GE wind turbines in its footprint and is working with Mortenson Construction as its contractor. The Broadview Energy KW project is expected to create upwards of 200 construction jobs and an estimated 20 full-time, permanent jobs once construction is complete. The Tres Amigas project will require both short- and long-term jobs in construction maintenance, scientific research, clean energy technologies and many permanent positions at its Albuquerque headquarters. It will incentivize new energy providers throughout the country to commit to new construction by providing a nationwide marketplace for the energy they produce.
Power from the wind farm is expected to be delivered over its interconnection with Tres Amigas by December 2015.
About National Renewable Solutions LLC and Broadview Energy LLC
National Renewable Solutions is a national leader in developing community renewable energy projects. NRS specializes in forming community partnerships with property owners, and public and private institutions. NRS currently has approximately 2,000 MW in active development around the country. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn., NRS has a history of successful wind farm development principally in Midwest and western states.
NRS is the Manager/Developer for Broadview Energy – an 80,000 acre utility scale wind development project in Curry County, N.M., and Deaf Smith County, Texas, owned in the majority by the local community landowners. Broadview’s 20MW first phase, Brahms Wind, is planned for operation in the first quarter of 2014.
About Tres Amigas, LLC
Tres Amigas, LLC is uniting the nation’s electric grid. Utilizing the latest advances in power grid technology, Tres Amigas is focused on providing the first common interconnection of America’s three power grids to help the country achieve its renewable energy goals and facilitate the smooth, reliable and efficient transfer of green power from region to region. Tres Amigas, LLC is a merchant transmission entity composed of electric utility industry operational, technology and thought leaders.