Foresight Wind Energy is proposing to install 130 to 330 large turbines on the Flying M Ranch east of Mormon Lake and tie into federally owned power lines. The project would cover 55 square miles, and provide the equivalent of 500 megawatts of electricity. About 100 megawatts would power half of Flagstaff and a 500-megawatt project would power 125,000 homes.

If approved and built, it would be the second major wind farm in the state, following a large array covering about 15 miles of ranch land between Holbrook and Heber.

Developers for this project first must get approval to tie into federal power lines and clear numerous other regulatory hurdles.
The proposed wind farm, called Grapevine Canyon Wind, would have turbines measuring 20 feet in diameter at the base and standing 325 high from base to hub.