Shell Energy reopens wind farm in Fluvanna, ups power with less turbines

Alana Edgin, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
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People attend a ribbon cutting for the reopening of the Brazos Wind Farm in Fluvanna. Matt Solnick, InfraRed Capital Partners; Annika Venning, InfraRed Capital Partners; Ed Rivera, Global Operations Manager, Asset Management, Shell Energy; Carina Lopez, HSSE Manager Onshore Renewable Power, Shell Energy; Brian Kwan, Project Delivery Manager, Shell Energy; Dana Herrera, General Manager, Renewable Asset Management, Shell Energy; Jarrette Lewis, Sr. Renewable Power Project Developer, Shell Energy; Jolanda Koot, Commercial Manager Onshore Renewable Power, Shell Energy; Tony Rodriguez, Field Operations, Lead Asset Management, Shell Energy; and Gokhan Tekiner, Deal Lead RES Americas, Shell Energy; hold the ribbon.

A wind farm in Fluvanna recently celebrated a reopening for the redesigned site, which increased its power and lowered the amount of turbines, the company announced this month.

Shell Energy hosted a site reopening on Thursday, April 4, in honor of completing the Brazos Wind Farm. The 10,000 acre site, which covers Scurry and Borden Counties, underwent a redesign, according to a news release.

The redesign increased power generation capacity by 14%, which brought capacity to 182 MW. This could power about 67,000 homes. The site also reduced the number of turbines to 38 Nordex 5MW turbines, as opposed to the previous 160. Nordex turbines were chosen for better remote monitoring, data generation, reliability and safety.

A contract has been made for the removal and repurposing of the 2,100 tons of fiberglass from the 160 decommissioned turbines. The material will be used "to support the creation of products for concrete, asphalt, composites, and/or bulk molding applications," according to the release.

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