NOTE: In a Sept. 7, 2010 letter, RES America Developments Inc. requested a delay for the GMWEP in order to address potential impacts to golden eagles

Fast Facts

• The Granite Mountain Wind Energy Project (GMWEP), proposed by RES North America, LLC, would be located in on vacant desert lands within the Granite Mountains, 14 miles east of Victorville in San Bernardino County. 

• The proposed project would be a wind powered electrical generating facility designed to produce 73 megawatts of renewable power and at full capacity, the wind energy project would produce approximately 185,000 megawatt-hours of electricity per year. 

• The project’s total footprint is 2,756 acres, with 2,086 acres on BLM-managed public lands and 670 acres situated on private land. 

• GMWEP would incorporate 28 Siemens, or similar, 2.3 megawatt wind turbine generators, pad mounted transformers, and underground electrical collection system, a project substation, and an overhead transmission line.  

• The proposed project would deliver power via an interconnection to the existing Southern California Edison 230-kilovolt transmission line.

Visual simulation of Granite Wind Energy Project