National Renewable Solutions has secured a fully executed Letter of Intent with a local landowner, Armand Smith, who controls 30,000 acres in Harding County in northeast New Mexico. Mr. Smith has relationships with the adjacent landowners to support a 90,000+ acre footprint.

The wind resource in northeastern New Mexico represent developments among the best in New Mexico and the country. As we’ve verified in our work throughout the development of the Broadview Energy projects, wind speeds in the region are proven to be in the range of 8.8-9.2 mps.

This footprint is served by a series of transmission lines serving PNM and Tri-State but can reach SPP to the northwest. Additionally, there is a possibility of connecting to the proposed DC lines, such as the Lucky Corridor, which would deliver energy from the area to the CAISO market.

Tri-State, in particular, has been very aggressive in recent months with the announcement of its Responsible Energy Plan (REP).

Tri-State’s REP commitment hikes their renewable generation portfolio portion to 50% of their overall fleet by 2024. A Tri-State 115kV line runs through the primary Stargazer footprint and leads up to the 230kV Gladstone Substation.