Roscoe Wind Farm
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The Roscoe Wind Farm near Roscoe, Texas is one of the world's largest-capacity wind farms. With 627 wind turbines and a total installed capacity of 781.5 MW, owned and operated by RWE.[1][2] At the time of its completion in 2009, it was the largest wind farm in the world, surpassing the nearby 735.5-megawatt Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center.[3] In 2012, it was overtaken by California's 1,020-megawatt Alta Wind Energy Center.
Facility details
Roscoe was constructed in four phases. The first phase, Roscoe, was constructed in 2008 and consists of 209 Mitsubishi 1-megawatt turbines. Phase two is called Champion was also completed in 2008 and includes 55 Siemens 2.3-megawatt machines. The third phase is called Pyron. Its 166 GE 1.5-megawatt turbines were commissioned in mid-2009 shortly before the fourth phase, Inadale, was completed. Inadale adds 197 more Mitsubishi 1-megawatt turbines to the existing project.
The project cost more than $1 billion and provides enough power for more than 250,000 average Texan homes. It is located about Script error: No such module "convert". west of Fort Worth, spanning parts of four Texas counties and covering nearly Script error: No such module "convert"., several times the size of Manhattan.[3][4][5][6]
Cliff Etheredge, a local cotton farmer, helped to organize the project.[7] In addition to its large size, the farm is also notable for the large number of individual land owners (as many as 400) who share in royalties from the project.[7] Wind farms are helping to revive the local economy in remote areas of West Texas and the Texas Panhandle.[3]
The Roscoe Wind Farm and Cliff Etheredge are featured in the 2010 documentary film, Carbon Nation.
Electricity production
| Year | Roscoe 209 MW Unit [8] |
Champion 126.5 MW Unit [9] |
Pyron 249 MW Unit [10] |
Inadale 197 MW Unit [11] |
Total Annual MW·h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 523,383 | 277,725 | - | - | 801,108 |
| 2009 | 488,402 | 317,097 | 506,951 | - | 1,312,450 |
| 2010 | 532,548 | 349,945 | 559,509 | 384,481 | 1,826,483 |
| 2011 | 615,420 | 416,677 | 603,565 | 380,443 | 2,016,105 |
| 2012 | 596,742 | 413,620 | 716,988 | 476,472 | 2,203,822 |
| 2013 | 561,408 | 393,195 | 775,605 | 549,300 | 2,279,508 |
| 2014 | 591,896 | 406,486 | 811,344 | 592,687 | 2,402,413 |
| 2015 | 440,211 | 349,128 | 706,057 | 495,005 | 1,990,401 |
| 2016 | 562,424 | 308,250 | 772,988 | 539,177 | 2,182,839 |
| 2017 | 554,037 | 366,144 | 712,817 | 506,879 | 2,139,877 |
| Average Annual Production (2011Template:Ndash2017) | 2,173,566 | ||||
See also
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- Wind power in the United States
- List of onshore wind farms
- Wind power in Texas
- List of power stations in Texas
References
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- ↑ a b c O'Grady, Eileen. E.ON completes world's largest wind farm in Texas Template:Webarchive Reuters, October 1, 2009.
- ↑ EC&R Completes 780-MW Roscoe Wind Farm Template:Webarchive Renewable Energy World, 2 October 2009.
- ↑ E.ON Delivers 335-MW of Wind in Texas Template:Webarchive Renewable Energy World, 23 September 2008.
- ↑ American Wind Energy Association. U.S. Wind Energy Industry Installs over 2,800 MW in First Quarter Template:Webarchive
- ↑ a b John Burnett. Winds of Change Blow into Roscoe, Texas Template:Webarchive NPR, November 27, 2007.
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