Wind Energy Site Will Power the Equivalent of 54,000 Homes

A 182-megawatt Maryneal Windpower project in Nolan County, TX is now commercially operational, according to Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions, a nonregulated commercial brand of Duke Energy. The Maryneal project increases Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions’ U.S. wind capacity to more than 3,000 MW. The site will provide enough renewable energy to power the equivalent of more than 54,000 U.S. homes.

In 2019, Sprint, now part of T-Mobile, signed a 12-year virtual power purchase agreement for 173.3 MW of the wind generated by the project. The agreement, which will settle on an as-generated basis tied to Maryneal Windpower’s real-time energy output, will enable T-Mobile to significantly reduce its carbon footprint and match approximately 9 percent of T-Mobile’s energy consumption.

“Projects like Maryneal Windpower play a huge role in T-Mobile’s commitments to fight climate change and bring us another step closer to achieving our goal of using 100 percent renewable energy by the end of 2021 – even after our merger with Sprint in 2020 almost doubled our company footprint,” said Brigitta Witt, T-Mobile vice president of social impact and sustainability. Along with indirect economic benefits that accompany wind project development such as increased local spending in the service and construction industries, Maryneal Windpower created approximately 200 jobs during peak construction. Additionally, the site will have a positive economic impact on the local community by providing significant local tax revenues during assessment years of commercial operation as well as meaningful payments to participating landowners.