Wild Horse Wind Farm
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The Wild Horse Wind Farm is a 273-megawatt wind farm that generates energy for Puget Sound Energy that consists of one hundred twenty seven 1.8-megawatt Vestas V80 turbines and twenty two 2.0-megawatt Vestas V80 turbines on a Script error: No such module "convert". site in Kittitas County, Washington, Script error: No such module "convert". east of Ellensburg, Washington. The turbines are placed on the high open Shrub-steppe ridge tops of Whiskey Dick Mountain, which was chosen for its energetic wind resource, remote location, and access to nearby power transmission lines. The towers are Script error: No such module "convert". tall, and each blade is Script error: No such module "convert". long, with a total rotor diameter of Script error: No such module "convert"., larger than the wingspan of a Boeing 747. The turbines can begin producing electricity with wind speeds as low as Script error: No such module "convert". and reach full production at Script error: No such module "convert".. They shut down at sustained wind speeds of Script error: No such module "convert".. The site is also home to one of the largest solar array (500 kW) in Washington.[1]
The wind farm was developed by Horizon Wind (formerly owned by Goldman Sachs, later sold to EDP) EDP Renewables, a subsidiary of Energias de Portugal S.A. (EDP), a Portuguese utility company and built by Puget Sound Energy (PSE), an electric and gas distribution utility in the State of Washington. Construction began in October 2005 and was completed in December 2006. An expansion was completed in 2009.
The Wild Horse Wind Farm also has a visitor center called the Renewable Energy Center, with guided tours of a Silicon Energy Solar array, a 1.8 MW wind turbine generator, a wind turbine blade, and includes a look inside the base of a wind turbine.
See also
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External links
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- Construction History of Wild Horse Wind Power Project, acpubs.com
- Wild Horse Wind Farm, Horizon Wind Energy
- Expansion plans, nwsource.com
- Wild Horse Wind and Solar Facility, Puget Sound Energy
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