Wind farm seeks Cochise County approval

Wind turbines at the San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm in Whitewater, Calif., in 2012. / Getty Images
Wind turbines at the San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm in Whitewater, Calif., in 2012. / Getty Images

By Carol Broeder | Arizona Range News

A Texas-based company is looking to build a 51-megawatt wind farm in the desert, about 21 miles west of Willcox, near Muleshoe and War Bonnet Ranch Roads.

Glenn Holliday of Houston, Texas, said Torch Renewable Energy, LLC (TRE) is submitting a Special Use Application (SUP) for development of the Red Horse 2 Wind Farm, in a Feb. 21 letter to Cochise County Planning Manager Michael Turisk.

“The proposed project will consists of 21-28 wind turbine generators and produce 51 MW of clean renewable energy to be sold to Tucson Electric Power,” Holliday told the Range News.

The wind turbines will be up to 487 feet in total height, with a blade diameter of 191.5 feet.

The electricity generated by the project will produce enough renewable power to serve about 11,000 homes.

As to the projects economic impact, Holliday said that Red Horse 2 LLC “will invest between $100 – $125 million in infrastructure in Cochise County related to the project.”

and materials as possible during construction,” said Holliday, adding that secondary impacts of about $2.3 million “will be spent in the community during the construction phase for local services and local materials.”

“The project will also create about four long-term stable high paying jobs for local residents,” he said.

“The project will create up to 50 direct jobs to Arizona during construction and hundreds of indirect jobs and revenue from the local economy from out of town consultants during the construction phase,” according to the document, “Project Description and Proposed Use.”

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