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After nearly two decades, this massive New Mexico wind project is now powering California

LA Times · Jun 18, 2026, 9:01 PM

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  • The largest wind energy project in U.S. history is now online, delivering power from a massive array in New Mexico to Arizona and California — and signaling a new era for sending clean electricity across the West.
  • Nearly two decades in the making, the estimated $11-billion SunZia project from Pattern Energy is now fully operational, company officials said Thursday.

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The largest wind energy project in U.S. history is now online, delivering power from a massive array in New Mexico to Arizona and California — and signaling a new era for sending clean electricity across the West.

Nearly two decades in the making, the estimated $11-billion SunZia project from Pattern Energy is now fully operational, company officials said Thursday. It is composed of 916 turbines that can produce up to 3.5 gigawatts of capacity — a scale that would have been difficult to imagine even a decade ago.

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