The
$2bn
project
was
among
the
earliest
and
largest
recipients
of
a
loan
guarantee
from
a
controversial
US
Energy
Department
(DOE)
programme.
Shepherds
Flat
is
now
the
second-largest
US
wind
farm
behind
the
1.02GW
Alta
Wind
Energy
Center
in
California,
with
the
781MW
Roscoe
Wind
Farm
in
Texas
in
third
place.
Utility
Southern
California
Edison
has
signed
three
20-year
agreements
to
purchase
all
power
from
the
project,
which
is
spread
over
77sq
km.
Shepherds
Flat
is
also
the
flagship
customer
in
the
US
for
General
Electric’s
2.5xl
wind
turbines,
utilizing
338
of
the
2.5MW…
