The Tehachapi Wind Resource Area (TWRA) is a large
wind resource area along the foothills of the
Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily ...
and
Tehachapi Mountains in
California. It is the largest wind resource area in California, encompassing an area of approximately and producing a combined 3,507
MW of
renewable electricity between its 5 independent
wind farms.
Wind farms
The Tehachapi Wind Resource Area is home to 5 independently owned and operated wind farms as of February 2020.
Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project
The development of the Tehachapi Wind Resource Area has been in the planning since 2009 in conjunction with the development of the
Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project. The transmission project was required to support new wind developments in the area at the time including Alta-Oak Creek Mojave Project which was part of
Alta Wind Energy Center
Alta Wind Energy Center (AWEC), also known as Mojave Wind Farm, is the third largest onshore wind energy project in the world. The Alta Wind Energy Center is a wind farm located in Tehachapi Pass of the Tehachapi Mountains, in Kern County, Californ ...
, the largest wind farm in the world .
See also
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Wind farms in California
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List of onshore wind farms
References
Wind farms in California
Mojave Desert
Tehachapi Mountains
Geography of Kern County, California
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