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'''Onshore Wind Farms''' utilizes wind turbines to generate electricity and is among the fastest growing utility-scale renewable energy technologies. The best wind resources are located in areas that receive strong, sustained wind speeds at elevations fifty to eighty meters above the ground. <ref>https://www.nps.gov/subjects/renewableenergy/onshorewind.htm</ref> | '''Onshore Wind Farms''' utilizes wind turbines to generate electricity and is among the fastest growing utility-scale renewable energy technologies. The best wind resources are located in areas that receive strong, sustained wind speeds at elevations fifty to eighty meters above the ground. <ref>https://www.nps.gov/subjects/renewableenergy/onshorewind.htm</ref> | ||
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Onshore Wind Farms utilizes wind turbines to generate electricity and is among the fastest growing utility-scale renewable energy technologies. The best wind resources are located in areas that receive strong, sustained wind speeds at elevations fifty to eighty meters above the ground. [1]
Large Scale Onshore Wind Farms
- Alta Wind Energy Center - Also known as Mojave Wind Farm, is a 1,550MW wind farm in Kern county, California. [2]
- Los Vientos Wind Farm - Is a 912 MW wind farm in Starr and Willacy counties in South Texas. [3]
- Shepherds Flat Wind Farm – Is a 845 MW wind farm spread over 30 square miles of area in the Morrow and Gilliam counties of Oregon. [4]
- Meadow Lake Wind Farm - Is a 801.25 MW wind farm located in Indiana. [5]
- Roscoe Wind Farm - is a 782 MW wind farm located 45 miles south-west of Abilene in Texas. [6]
- Horse Hollow Wind Energy Centre – Is a 735 MW wind farm in Taylor and Nolan counties, Texas [7]
Extreme Weather Operation
- Ross Island Wind Farm (RIWF) – Is a .99MW three-turbine wind farm located on Crater Hill, Ross Island, Antarctica. It is the southern-most wind farm in the world and supplies power to and links the electrical grids of both New Zealand’s Scott Base and the US’ McMurdo Station. The turbines offset a diesel fuel usage of 120,000 gallons a year. [8] [9]
- Kotzebue Electric Association runs a 915KW wind farm for the Alaskan community of Kotzebue, north of the arctic circle. [10]
- Mawson Antarctic research station had two 300 kW wind turbines installed in 2003. In 2017, one of the turbines suffered a critical failure and is no longer operational. [11]
- Dhofar wind farm is a 50 MW industrial-scale wind farm in the Middle East, capable of producing power when temperatures reach 113 degrees. [12] [13]
See also
References
- ↑ https://www.nps.gov/subjects/renewableenergy/onshorewind.htm
- ↑ https://www.power-technology.com/projects/alta-wind-energy-center-awec-california/
- ↑ https://www.power-technology.com/projects/los-vientos-wind-farm-texas/
- ↑ https://www.power-technology.com/projects/shepherds-flat-wind-farm-oregon/
- ↑ https://www.power-technology.com/marketdata/meadow-lake-wind-farm-us/
- ↑ https://www.power-technology.com/projects/roscoe-wind-farm/
- ↑ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/wind-power/horse-hollow-wind-energy-center-completes-662-mw-45971/#gref
- ↑ https://www.power-technology.com/projects/rossislandwindfarm/#:~:text=The%200.99MW%20wind%20farm,stations%20on%20Ross%20Island%2C%20Antarctica.
- ↑ https://mashable.com/article/wind-turbines-texas
- ↑ https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy09osti/44522.pdf
- ↑ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-08/mawson-antarctic-wind-turbine-failure-investigated/9130554
- ↑ https://www.ge.com/news/reports/just-deserts-wind-turbine-can-handle-sandstorms-desert-sun
- ↑ https://www.grupotsk.com/en/proyecto/dhofar-50-mw-wind-farm/#:~:text=The%20Dhofar%20wind%20farm%20was,this%20part%20of%20the%20world
External links
- Wind Turbines Help Rural Schools
- Clean Energy Supporting Public Safety
- Busted Wind Turbine Cost New Jersey $498,000
- Walmart wind deal
- Grassley Named a Friend of Iowa Wind Energy
- Conservative billionaire’s effort to build a massive wind farm
- Iowa Wind Power
- A panoramic view of Gunfleet wind farm with a storm rolling in
