Maverick Creek Wind Project

PROJECT DETAILS

The Maverick Creek Wind Generator Project is located just north of Eden, TX. This facility has 127 wind turbine generators powering 492 megawatts of renewable source electricity. This wind project generates enough electricity to power 200,000 homes. Blasting for this project began January 18th, 2020 and was concluded on April 23rd, 2020. The total rock excavation for this project was 348,480 cubic yards.

Renewable Energy Systems (RES), the world’s largest independent renewable energy company jointly developed the Maverick Creek Wind Project in Texas with Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.

Maverick Creek is in Concho County, Texas, a particularly favorable wind area in central Texas. Capitalizing on Texas’ ambition for clean energy development, the project will provide an economic investment opportunity, as well as an increase in clean energy jobs.

Dykon Blasting under contract with Sanderfoot Wind worked alongside several companies to complete this project on a safe and aggressive time frame.

Green Energy or Renewables is a fast-growing method of energy production.  Wind generator and solar electricity plants are being built all across the nation as our society transitions from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources.

Wind and solar power plants are typically constructed in remote, hard to access locations which require road construction.  Blasting is a far more cost effective and reliable method of rock excavation for these types of projects.  An access road to a wind turbine or solar site can take months to construct, but blasting can reduce road construction time to a few weeks instead.

Wind turbine generators are constructed on large bases buried deep in the ground for stability. A typical foundation for a large wind turbine generator is about 80 feet in diameter and 10 to 12 feet deep.  Where a single foundation could take weeks to excavate, multiple foundations can be blasted and excavated every day on most projects.