The sun shines brightly in the West, the wind blows swiftly across the plains and water flows freely throughout the Rocky Mountains. Tri-State and its member co-ops are harnessing nature’s renewable resources and putting them to work to deliver a diversified energy portfolio.
Currently under construction are two major, utility-scale renewable energy projects – both located within the Tri-State service territory, bringing direct economic benefits to our members.
Cimarron I Solar
A 30-megawatt, 500,000-panel solar photovoltaic power plant project in northeastern New Mexico. When fully operational at the end of 2010, the “Cimarron I” project, named for the town near which it will be located, will be the largest PV project by an electric cooperative and among the largest facility of its kind in the world.
A 51-megawatt wind farm bring built in east-central Colorado. The “Kit Carson Windpower Project,” named for the county in which it will be constructed, will consist of 34 1.5-megawatt General Electric turbines to be erected on a 6,000-acre site.
