Wind Energy Plants in the Eastern USA
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Beech Ridge Location: WV Operator: Invenergy LLC Configuration: 67 X 1.5 MW Operation: 2010 WTG supplier: GE Wind Energy Quick facts: Beech Ridge is forest land owned by MeadWestvaco in Greenbrier and Nicholas counties.It was downsized by about 20 WTGs after legal rulings regarding possible impacts on the endangered Indian bat. A Jan 2010 settlement allowed construction to proceed. The Beech Ridge is connected to the gird via a 22mi, 138kV line.
Photograph by DJCohenour (wikipedia) |
Berkshire Wind Location: MA Operator: Berkshire Wind Power Cooperative Corp Configuration: 10 X 1.5 MW Operation: 2010 WTG supplier: GE Wind Energy Quick facts: This $65mn project is on Brodie Mountain in Hancock, at an elevation of 2,500ft. BWCC is owned by Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co and the municipal utilities in Ashburnham, Boylston, Groton, Holden, Hull, Ipswich, Marblehead, Paxton, Peabody, Shrewsbury, Sterling, Templeton, Wakefield, and West Boylston.
Photograph courtesy of Berkshire Wind Power Cooperative Corp |
Buffalo Mountain Location: TN Operator: Tennessee Valley Auth Configuration: 3 X 660 kW Operation: 2000 WTG supplier: Vestas
Photograph courtesy of Tennessee Valley Authority |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
North Allegheny Location: PA Operator: Duke Energy Configuration: 35 X 2 MW G87 Operation: 2009 WTG supplier: Gamesa Quick facts: In May 2009, Duke agreed to acquire this wind park from Gamesa Energy USA. The site is in Blair and Cambria counties, about 95mi east of Pittsburgh. It was Duke's first wind plant in the Eastern USA.
Photograph courtesy of Duke Energy |
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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
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Somerset Location: PA Operator: Atlantic Renewable Energy Configuration: 6 X 1.5 MW Operation: 2001 WTG supplier: Enron Wind Corp Quick facts: One of Pennsylvania's first installations of this size turbines. 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 |
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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 03/09/11