A UniSource Energy Corporation subsidiary serving northwestern Arizona has signed an agreement to buy power produced by an integrated combined wind and solar project near Kingman.

The wind/photovoltaic energy project operated by Western Wind Energy Corporation is believed to be the first such combination power plant in North America.

The late stage development project is located in Mohave County on land owned by Western Wind. The agreement allows the site to deliver up to 11 megawatts with at least 300 kilowatts coming from photovoltaic solar. The rest of the power would come from wind energy. When completed by June 2011 at the latest, the project will increase Western Wind’s existing nameplate production capacity and late stage development assets from both wind and solar generation to approximately 181 megawatts.

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The power from the plant will be delivered to customers of UniSource Energy Services, which provides electricity and natural gas to more than 234,000 customers in Arizona.

Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Western Wind Energy is a vertically integrated renewable energy electicity producer currently operating more than 500 wind turbines with power purchase agreements in place in both Arizona and California.