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Aviator Wind
Coke County, Texas
Performance
191 General Electric Wind Turbines
Capacity
Powers ~230,000 Homes Annually
Planet
Removes 300,000 Cars/Year of Carbon Offset
Overview
NorthStar Clean Energy is the majority owner and operator of Aviator Wind project, a 525-megawatt wind energy project in Coke County, Texas, about 250 miles southwest of Dallas. Aviator Wind is one of the largest single-phase wind projects in the U.S.
Solutions
Aviator Wind builds on NorthStar Clean Energy’s portfolio of 11 independent power plants and more than 1,800 megawatts of generation nationwide.
NorthStar Clean Energy purchased the project’s majority stake from funds managed by Ares Management Corporation’s Infrastructure and Power strategy, which started construction on the project. Kansai Electric Power is the project’s minority partner.
The NorthStar Clean Energy team completed construction and commissioned the Aviator project on time and helped close tax equity financing. Despite challenges stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, the team safely brought Aviator online.
Key Goals & Results
- Helping to power the greenhouse gas reduction, climate and related sustainability goals of Aviator Wind’s large international corporate customers.
- Adding about $123 million in tax payments to the local community over the life of the project.
- Supporting the local economy with about $116 million in landowner payments over the life of the project.
- Delivering the largest single-phase wind project constructed in the U.S. at the time – amid the COVID-19 pandemic – on time and on budget.
