Sharyland files interconnect for 136-MW Scatec wind project in Texas

December 10, 2015 Barry Cassell Generation

Sharyland Utilities LP on Dec. 10 filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas a Generation Interconnection Agreement with Mariah North West LLC for a 136-MW wind project that was due for commercial operation around Nov. 1 of this year.

The project’s point of interconnection to the Sharyland transmission system is in Deaf Smith County, Texas, at the Hereford Substation. It is made up of 80 General Electric 1.7-MW wind turbines.

The project contact information is for Scatec Energy, including James Scott, james.scott@scatecenergy.com.

Scatec says on its website: “Established in 2012, Scatec Energy is headquartered in Denver, Colorado and is a joint venture backed by two veteran renewable energy corporations, Scatec Solar and Havgul Clean Energy, both headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Our venture partners bring a track record of success in renewable utility-scale power projects. The combination of Scatec Solar’s expertise in photovoltaics (PVs) and Havgul Clean Energy’s experience in wind, position Scatec Energy to become the expert leader in utility-scale, hybrid renewables.”

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Barry Cassell is Chief Analyst for GenerationHub covering coal and emission controls issues, projects and policy. He has covered the coal and power generation industry for more than 24 years, beginning in November 2011 at GenerationHub and prior to that as editor of SNL Energy’s Coal Report. He was formerly with Coal Outlook for 15 years as the publication’s editor and contributing writer, and prior to that he was editor of Coal & Synfuels Technology and associate editor of The Energy Report. He has a bachelor’s degree from Central Michigan University.
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