2 Tribes Sign Pacts to Develop Wind Farms
A Texas company has signed contracts with two San Diego County tribes to develop the region’s first wind-driven electric turbines.
Superior Renewable Energy of Houston plans to erect at least 38 turbines on the Campo and Ewiiaapaayp reservations east of San Diego by 2006.
Each three-blade turbine would generate up to 2 megawatts of electricity, enough to power about 2,000 homes.
Pending approval by state and federal authorities, the $80-million project would create the nation’s largest wind farm on American Indian land, said Superior Renewable’s chief executive, John Calaway.
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