United States

High Lonesome Mesa LLC — 100 MW Wind

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High Lonesome Mesa LLC is a 100 MW wind power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
100 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2009

Year online

Owner
NRG Energy Gas & Wind Holdings Inc

Operator

Location
34.47, -105.96

Coordinates

Insights

#2,143
largest in United States of America
#783
largest Wind worldwide
#10,042
largest worldwide
2009
3 yrs older than avg
21
operated by NRG Energy Gas…
30
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Wind
Capacity
100 MW
Commissioned
2009
Status
Operational
Owner
NRG Energy Gas & Wind Holdings Inc
Country
United States
Coordinates
34.467, -105.963

Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
2,891 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
72,270 t

over ~25 yrs

Intensity
11 g

Est. gCO2/kWh

Annual emissions equivalent to

628
cars per year
385
homes per year
131,400
trees to offset

Renewable source — life-cycle emissions only (materials/construction), no direct combustion. Open calculator

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About this plant

High Lonesome Mesa LLC is a 100 MW wind power plant in the United States, operated by NRG Energy Gas & Wind Holdings Inc and commissioned in 2009.

Ranked #441 of 1142 wind plants in the United States. Its 100 MW represents 0.09% of the United States’ total wind capacity of 105,842 MW. The largest wind plant in the United States is the Alta Wind VIII at 1,547 MW, making High Lonesome Mesa LLC 15.5 times smaller.

Within 50 km, the nearest plant is CNMEC Solar Energy Center (2 MW, Solar). The facility is located in New Mexico, approximately 150 km southwest of Albuquerque.

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