Contractors have been laying turbine foundations and doing road work at the sprawling site in central New Mexico. He said project financing has been arranged.

Transmission access issues had slowed project development but those have been resolved, said Paul Copleman, a spokesman for Avangrid.

In July, Gamesa announced it had won a contract to supply 142 of its G114 2.1MW turbines for the project, with commissioning due from June next year.

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