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Windstar I
Located just two miles from Western Wind's Windridge Operating Facility, the WindStar I project covers more than 1,500 acres of fee simple land. Western Wind holds a 20 year power sales contract to supply Southern California Edison with approximately 400 million kilowatt hours of energy annually. The contract is worth more than Cdn. $700 million and will average $35 million per year once in production. The total cost of the project is expected to be $270 million. Western Wind has already invested more than $6 million dollars in development capital.
Western Wind received a construction permit number from Kern County and completed all necessary archaeological, biological, soils analysis and visual impact studies, which concluded the project would cause no significant impact. In 2006, Western Wind applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") for transmission line access of 50 to 120 megawatts and on March 15, 2007, was granted access to the full 120 megawatts.
In late 2007, Western Wind started negotiations with several major wind turbine manufacturers for the purchase of wind turbine generators in both the megawatt and multi-megawatt classes. Delivery of the turbines is anticipated in late 2008 and setup is planned to occur in the second quarter of 2009.