Dive Summary:

• Siemens Government Technologies, Inc. will construct the federal government’s largest wind farm in Amarillo, Texas.
• The installation will erect five 2.3 megawatt turbines on 1,500 acres of government-owned property east of Amarillo’s Pantex plant.
• The Pantex wind farm will save $2.9 million annually over a 20-year contract term and generate 47 million kilowatt hours of clean energy every year, or 60 % of the electricity required at the Pantex plant. This amounts to a load factor of 46.7%, which is way above average.

From the press release:
“This is enough electricity to power nearly 3,500 homes and will reduce CO2 emissions by over 35,000 metric tons per year, which equates to removing over 7,200 cars from the road each year or planting over 850,000 trees.”