Tehachapi Wind Resource Area
The Tehachapi Wind Resource Area (TWRA) is a large wind resource area along the foothills of the Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains in California. It is the largest wind resource area in California, encompassing an area of approximately and producing a combined 3,507 MW of renewable electricity between its 5 independent wind farms. Wind farms. The Tehachapi Wind Resource Area is home to 5 independently owned and operated wind farms as of February 2020. Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project. The development of the Tehachapi Wind Resource Area has been in the planning since 2009 in conjunction with  the development of the Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project. The transmission project was required to support new wind developments in the area at the time including Alta-Oak Creek Mojave Project which was part of Alta Wind Energy Center, the largest wind farm in the world .