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Background:

Wind is a proven, cost effective, and environmentally attractive source of power. Wind power capacity has been growing rapidly in recent years.New Mexico is the home of wind power development because it has an excellent wind resource. It is ranked twelfth in the U.S wind power utilization, with 700 megawatts of capacity, including one of the world’s largest wind farm at 204 mega watts. TheNew MexicoWindEnergyCenter opened on October 1, 2003. It is located 170 miles southeast ofAlbuquerque and 20 miles northeast ofFortSumner. The wind center consists of 136 wind turbines, each standing 210 feet high. Wind energy is taken to a whole new dimension; it is clean renewableNew Mexico energy who is now powering our homes, communities and cities. It has enough wind energy to generate ten times more electricity than all electricity generates by fossil fuel plants in the state.