Projects

The Mesa Wind Generating Facility is located in southern California on 440 acres of federally leased land and is currently producing 30 megawatts of power. The company has a Power Purchase Agreement with a California utility, Southern California Edison, which expires in 2011 and has been short-listed to extend the agreement for another 20 years. Western Wind is in the process of completing the necessary permitting to expand the project and extend the current land lease by 30 years, which is set to expire in 2010.

In October 2007 the company announced that it had filed a final plan for the development to expand the Mesa Wind Generating Facility from 30 megawatts to 50 megawatts. Western Wind has submitted a plan of development to the Bureau of Land Management with complete biological, archeological and cultural studies, which indicate the expansion will not cause a significant impact. The company has also received final clearance from the US Federal Aviation Authority for the installation of new wind turbine generators. The installation is expected to be complete by the end of 2008. The facility generates an annual revenue of more than US$5 million, to date the company has invested a total of US$13.4 million into the project.

On October 4, 2007 the California Public Utilities Commission signed a unanimous resolution that authorized the 2007 Market Price Referent (pricing structure) for renewable energy projects in California. The new pricing structure caused the company's producing California assets to have an increased revenue of more than 30 percent. With the Western Wind's existing production, this new Market Price Referent will equal a minimum increase of US$2 million per year.