Colorado Green Wind Project

A view of the Colorado Green Wind Project with Two Buttes in the background. Shot near Lamar, CO.

The 162 megawatt Colorado Green Wind Power Project, located 20 miles south of the Town of Lamar, was developed to help meet Colorado’s demand for renewable electricity. Completed in late 2003, the project utilizes 108 GE 1.5 MW wind turbines, the largest assembled in America. The project is owned by PPM Energy, Inc. and Shell WindEnergy Inc. in a 50/50 joint venture. The last time I was there, it looked like they were assembling more turbines.

The Colorado Green development was born through a competitive bidding process initiated by Public Service of Colorado where it competed with others forms of electricity generation including natural gas and coal fired generation and was found to be the lowest cost alternative.

I grew-up near this area and it’s an unreal site to see– the turbines are over a very large area of land and you can see rows of them disappear into the horizon.

You can check out a few more photos from this series here.