The 404 megawatt (MW) Penascal Wind Power Plant is located in Kenedy County, Texas and was completed in April 2010.

Penascal Wind Power Plant has 168 Mitsubishi MHI 92 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 2.4 MW. The facility created some 20 direct jobs in maintenance and operation of the wind farms. Around 200 people were involved in its construction. Iberdrola received a $114 million treasury grant for the project as part of the stimulus funds that was released in September 2009.

The wind farm includes an innovative radar system that detects the arrival of large flocks of migratory birds and shuts down the turbines if visibility conditions present a danger.

The developers of the Peñascal Wind Farm, PPM Energy, expects the new 202MW wind project to begin producing energy in December 2008 to provide clean electricity for San Antonio and surrounding areas. The wind farm will be located in Kennedy County, Texas.

The wind farm is expected to consist of 84 wind turbines capable of generating 2.4MW each. The farm’s maximum capacity would mean that enough electricity will be generated to power 40,000 homes each year.

A 15 year agreement has been signed with San Antonio energy company CPS Energy to purchase 75MW of wind power generated electricity. This will add to the 500MW the company already receives from 2 other nearby wind farms and will help the company achieve its goal of achieving renewable energy capacity equivalent to 15% of its customers’ peak electrical demand by 2020.

Cost of constructing the Peñascal Wind Farm will run to around $440 million and it will cover an area of around 300 acres on privately owned land.