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The largest single wind power farm in New Mexico will go operational by the end of December about 25 miles south of Portales. Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy will flip the switch on 240 wind turbines at the Sagamore Wind Project, which can produce 522 megawatts — enough electricity to power 194,000 homes. Sagamore joins the three-facility, 544-megawatt Pattern Energy Broadview/Grady stations north of Clovis that collectively make up the largest wind power station in the state. Wind power is ...