The Corona Wind Projects is a collection of 2.2-gigawatt wind farms being developed by Pattern Energy in New Mexico near Corona, New Mexico in Lincoln County, Guadalupe County and Torrance County, New Mexico.[1][2] It received unanimous approval October 5, 2018 by the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC). However, the PRC rejected and requested that SunZia resubmit a more detailed application to build a 500-mile-long transmission line to carry the power to California.[3][4][5]

Corona Wind Projects
Country	United States
Location	Corona, New Mexico
Coordinates	34°15′2″N 105°35′44″W
Status	planned
Owner(s)	Pattern Energy
Wind farm
Type	Onshore
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	2.2 GW
External links
Website	patterndev.com/en/business/development/corona-wind
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If built, the project would include 950 wind turbines.[6] As an example of the available wind energy in New Mexico, the Red Cloud wind farm has a capacity factor of 46%.[7]

Pattern Energy previously purchased the rights to the Mesa Canyons Wind Farm from Clean Line Energy Partners in May 2018. The Mesa Canyons Wind Farm is a 1 GW wind farm just north of Corona. This combined with the Corona Wind Project gives the 3 GW of energy that is projected to be exported to the west via the SunZia power line.[4][8][9]

Pattern Energy have already sold 200 MW of the 2.2 GW capacity via 15-year Power Purchase Agreements to Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) and Monterey Bay Community Power (MBCP).[10] Pattern Energy bought the 3 GW SunZia transmission project in July 2022.[7]

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