Wind Energy Plants in the Eastern USA
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Buffalo Mountain Location: TN Operator: Tennessee Valley Auth Configuration: 3 X 660 kW Operation: 2000 WTG supplier: Vestas Photograph courtesy of
Tennessee Valley Authority |
Fowler Ridge Location: IN Operator: BP Wind Energy Configuration: 182 X 1.65-MW V82, 40 X 2.5-MW C-96 Operation: 2009 WTG supplier: Vestas, Clipper Quick facts: Fowler Ridge Phase I is a joint venture of BP Wind Energy and Dominion Resources. It is the second wind plant in the state. 200 MW of output is sold to AEP and 200 MW is sold through Dominion Marketing. A second 200-MW phase is under construction, this a JV of BP wind and Sempra.
Photograph courtesy of Hull Municipal Light Plant |
Hull Location: MA Operator: Hull Municipal Light Plant Configuration: 1 X 660 kW V47 Operation: 2001 WTG supplier: Vestas Quick facts: This was the first commercial WTG on the U.S. East Coast shoreline. A 1.8-MW Vestas machine was added in 2006.
Photograph courtesy of Hull Municipal Light Plant
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Maple Ridge Location: NY Operator: Horizon Wind Energy LLC Configuration: 195 X 1.65-MW kW V82 Operation: 2006 WTG supplier: Vestas Quick facts: At completion, the three phases of the Maple Ridge project will comprise one of the largest wind farms east of the Mississippi. This is a 50:50 partnership with PPM Energy. The site comprises 21,000ac on Tug Hill in central New York at an average elevation of 1,600-1,800ft.
Photograph courtesy of Horizon Wind Energy LLC
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Mill Run Location: PA Operator: Atlantic Renewable Energy Configuration: 15 X 1.5 MW Operation: 2001 WTG supplier: Enron Wind Corp Photograph courtesy of
Zilkha Renewable Energy LLC
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Mountaineer Photograph courtesy of NEG Micon
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Newburyport Location: MA Operator: Mark Richey Woodworking Configuration: 1 X 600 kW Operation: 2009 WTG supplier: Elecon Engineering Quick facts: Mark Richey Woodworking received a $474,000 Large Onsite Renewables Initiative (LORI) grant through the Massachusett Renewable Energy Trust that partially paid for this $1.6mn project at the company's factory location.
Photograph by Mark Kavanagh |
Sears Mountain Location: VT Operator: Green Mountain Power Corp Configuration: 11 X 550 kW Operation: 1997 WTG supplier: Zond Quick facts: One of the first large-scale wind plants in the eastern USA. Photograph courtesy of Enron Wind Corp |
Somerset Location: PA Operator: Atlantic Renewable Energy Configuration: 6 X 1.5 MW Operation: 2001 WTG supplier: Enron Wind Corp Photograph courtesy of
Zilkha Renewable Energy LLC
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Steel Winds Location: NY Operator: BQ Energy LLC Configuration: 8 X 2.5 MW Liberty Operation: 2007 WTG supplier: Clipper Quick facts: This was the launch order for the Clipper 2.5 Liberty series of wind turbines. The project is a joint venture of BQ Energy and UPC Wind and was built on a brownfield site formerly housing a Bethlehem Steel mill on the shores of Lake Erie in Lackawanna. The project was supported by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). Photograph courtesy of BQ Energy LLC |
Stetson Location: ME Operator: First Wind LLC Configuration: 38 X 1.5 MW Operation: 2009 WTG supplier: GE Wind EPC: Reed & Reed Quick facts: Stetson was declared commercial on 22 Jan 2009 after a year of construction and testing and thereby became Maine's largest wind energy plant. Production is expected to be about 167 GWH/yr. A 25.5-MW extension is planned Photograph courtesy of
First Wind LLC |
Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base
Updated 01/13/10