Officials today inaugurated the first U.S.-Mexico cross-border wind farm. The $300 million wind farm, located in Tecate, Baja California, will supply energy to San Diego County, California.
The Project has an installed generation capacity of 155.1 MW and began commercial operations in June. The electricity generated by the wind farm is being purchased by SDG&E that provides service to more than 2.25 million customers in San Diego and Orange counties.
Constructed on some 13,100 acres of leased land near the city of Tecate, the project consisted of 47 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 3.3 MW, as well as the construction of a 4.8-mile transboundary, transmission line.
You knew this was coming. All the dead birds will be in Mexico. And the jobs, too