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Clearway Energy outlines San Juan Mesa repower, 25 towers to be in Roosevelt County
Summary
Clearway Energy presented a plan to repower 30 of 120 towers at San Juan Mesa, replacing Mitsubishi turbines with Vestas units to boost output from about 1 MW per tower to roughly 4.5 MW and reduce project footprint; the company said 25 repowered towers would be sited in Roosevelt County.
Clearway Energy presented a proposal to repower the San Juan Mesa wind project during the Roosevelt County Commission meeting on May 6, 2025. Josh Framel, a company presenter, said the plan would repower 30 of the site’s 120 existing towers to reduce the project footprint and increase output: current towers generate roughly 1 megawatt each, while the new Vestas units would produce about 4.5 megawatts per tower. Framel said 25 of the repowered towers would be sited in Roosevelt County and the remaining towers in Chaves County.
Commissioners asked how much of the concrete foundations would be removed; Framel said most foundations would remain unless a landowner specifically requested removal, with crews removing the tower top and backfilling to match surrounding ground. Commissioner Roy Lee Criswell asked whether turbine blades would be recycled; Framel said metal components including blades, bases, towers and turbines would be recycled.
The proposal, as described to the commission, would concentrate generation capacity into fewer, larger turbines and change on-the-ground infrastructure. Commissioners did not take action on the presentation; they asked staff to monitor potential local impacts and any permitting or easement issues that could affect county property or rights-of-way.
