The 40 megawatt wind farm to be built on an 18-hectare plot of dry forest will provide power for 20,000 homes, according to the government. Windmar Renewable Energy, based in the capital of San Juan, will construct the facility for the Puerto Rico Electric Energy Authority (AEE).

Plans call for the wind farm to enter commercial operation in 2012. Earlier this year, AEE signed a power purchase agreement with Windmar.

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