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Western Wind wins UniSource Energy as offtake partner for Arizona wind and solar project

Published: 16:13 20 Oct 2009 BST

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Western Wind Energy Corporation (TSX-V: WND) said it has signed a power purchase agreement with a unit of UniSource Energy Corp (UNS-NYSE) of Arizona for a new fully integrated combined wind and solar energy project.
The new integrated wind and solar project is believed to be the first of its kind in North America, it said.


This late stage development project is located just outside Kingman Arizona, in Mohave County on land owned by Western Wind. The agreement allows the site to deliver up to 11 MegaWatts, with at least 300 kiloWatts derived from photovoltaic generation, and the bulk from wind energy.


When completed, the project will increase Western Wind's existing nameplate production capacity and late stage development assets from both wind and solar generation to approximately 181 MW. The project is expected to complete by June 2011.


UniSource Energy Services, the business that will take the energy from the Kingman facility, provides natural gas and electric service to more than 234,000 customers across Arizona.

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