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• The New Mexico Wind Energy Center consists of 136 turbine towers, each measuring 210 feet in height.
• The towers sit on 9,600 acres of private and state-owned land.
• The turbine blades exceed 110 feet in length.
• The wind center is located 20 miles northeast of Fort Sumner and straddles Quay and DeBaca counties. It is about 170 miles from Albuquerque and may be seen from New Mexico 252 and U.S. 84.
• The wind center will have a peak output of about 200 megawatts of electricity, or about 1.5 megawatts per turbine. The turbines require 8 mph winds to produce electricity and will continue to produce electricity in winds up to 55 mph.
• Power production will not require water, produce emissions or generate solid waste.
• The wind center expects to produce about 594,000 megawatt hours every year.
• The wind center's construction provided more than 200 jobs.
• There will be eight full-time positions at the facility.
• The project is expected to provide $40 million in economic benefits for the surrounding communities over 25 years.