RMT will deliver engineering, procurement and construction of the civil and electrical infrastructure to support the deployment of 42 units of GE 1.6MW wind turbine at the site.
The contractor will also oversee tower erection, in-tower wiring, mechanical turbine completion, operations and maintenance building construction, and testing and inspections.
The civil infrastructure includes roads, crane paths and pads, and turbine foundations, while the electrical infrastructure includes a 34.5/115kV power substation; a 6.2-mile, 115kV project transmission line; and interconnection switchyard to the Western Area Power Administration’s system.
RMT Business Development director Mark Osten said, "This development will provide an important addition of renewable energy to the area’s resources. We are proud that Alliance Power selected RMT to serve as the project’s general contractor and look forward to its successful completion."
The project construction commenced late April 2012 and the facility is scheduled to be operational by the end of 2012.
The Colorado Highlands Wind project will produce enough clean energy to power around 19,000 homes.
Under a 20-year power purchase agreement, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association will buy the full output of the wind project.
