Fowler Ridge Wind Farm
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| Coordinates | 40 ° 35 '0 " N , 87 ° 20' 0" W | ||
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 United States
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| Type | Wind farm | ||
| Primary energy | Wind energy | ||
| power | 600 MW | ||
| owner |
Dominion Resources BP Alternative Energy |
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| operator | BP Alternative Energy | ||
| Project start | 2008 | ||
| turbine |
Vestas 1.65 MW (182 units) Vestas 2.5 MW (40 units) |
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The Fowler Ridge Wind Farm ( German Fowler Ridge Windpark ) is a wind farm in Benton County in western Indiana of the United States . It is located about 30 miles northwest of Lafayette and about 145 miles northwest of the federal capital Indianapolis . It was built within 9 months and consists of two parts that were completed one after the other in 2008. The total installed capacity is 600 MW . The wind farm extends over an area of approx. 500 km² and is thus the largest wind farm in Indiana. With around 118,000 households, it supplies around 4% of the 2.8 million households in Indiana (as of 2010) .
Web links
Commons : Fowler Ridge Wind Farm - Album with pictures, videos and audio files
