Duke Energy Commissions Kit Carson Windpower Project in Colorado

Duke Energy, large electric power company in the United States, declared that it has completed the construction of Kit Carson Windpower Project located in Eastern Colorado and commissioned it.

The Kit Carson Windpower Project developed by Duke Energy, is designed to generate around 51 MW electric power and incorporates 34 General Electric manufactured 1.5 MW wind turbines. The wind project located over 6,000 acres of land began its construction during early part of this year and the farm achieved its critical status on 19th November. The company has entered into a 20 year power purchase agreement with Tri-State Generation and Transmission's member electric cooperatives to supply the power produced from the wind farm. The current project is the second such wind project commissioned by Duke Energy in 2010. Earlier the company has commissioned a 200 MW wind power project with 110 wind turbines in October for Top of the World Windpower Project located near Casper Wyo.

During the last three years the company has spent over $1 billion in the development of commercial wind power projects and has commissioned over 1,000 MW of power production capability in the US. The company with three wind projects each in Wyoming and Texas States and one in Pennsylvania has commissioned a total of seven wind power generation projects in the US.