New large wind farm begins operations in Oregon

September 9, 2010 by admin  
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Portland General Electric Company just threw the switch to start operations on their new Biglow Canyon wind farm. The new wind farm consists of 217 wind turbines located on 25,000 acres of land. It can generate up to 450 megawatts of electricity, but the company expects that the average energy output Related posts: Delaware legislature clears way for offshore wind farm Caithness Energy and General Electric to build largest U.S. wind farm in Oregon World’s largest wind farm starts operating in Texas

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Two new wind farms in Missouri and Texas go live

June 21, 2010 by James  
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Two new U.S. based wind farms have just gone live and have begun producing electricity. The first one – the Farmers City Wind Power Project, near Tarkio in Atchinson County, Missouri, is Missouri’s largest wind farm. It consists of 73 Gamesa wind turbines which can produce 146 megawatts of electricity, enough to power about 33,000 homes. Related posts: World’s largest wind farm starts operating in Texas New Texas Gulf Coast wind farm in place Another 240 MW of Wind Power goes online for Texas customers

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