Shepherds Flat Wind Farm
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| Coordinates | 45 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ N , 120 ° 3 ′ 36 ″ W | ||
| country | United States | ||
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| Type | Wind farm | ||
| Primary energy | Wind energy | ||
| power | 845 MW | ||
| operator | Caithness Energy | ||
| Project start | 2002 | ||
| Start of operations | September 2012 | ||
| turbine | 338 × GE Wind Energy 2.5xl | ||
| Website | www.caithnessshepherdsflat.com | ||
The Shepherds Flat Wind Farm (German Shepherds Flat Windpark ) is a wind farm near Arlington in northern Oregon on the Washington border . It consists of 338 wind turbines of the 2.5 MW class with a total installed capacity of 845 MW . This makes it one of the largest onshore wind farms in the world. The wind farm delivers around two billion kWh of electrical energy per year , which can supply around 235,000 US households. After commissioning, 35 people will be permanently employed in the wind farm.
In 2008 it was approved by the state regulator, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The actual construction of the wind farm finally began in 2009. Its operator is Caithness Energy, which supplies the electricity generated to Southern Californian Edison . The wind farm was officially inaugurated in September 2012.
Plan, build and finance
The wind farm is located in northern Oregon in Morrow and Gilliam Counties , with the majority of the turbines in Gilliam Counties . Oregon provided $ 5 million in tax incentives to Caithness Energy to move construction to Oregon, or Gilliam and Morrow Counties. The 78 km² facility stands entirely on private property and is located between Oregon Route 19 and Oregon Route 74. 400 workers were employed to build the wind farm, who laid approximately 144.8 km of power lines and 136.7 km of roads.
The plans for the construction began in 2002 for a wind farm with a capacity of 105 MW, but the plan was then changed in 2004 to a plant with 845 MW. The plan was then presented to the state in 2006, with the requirement that the first part of the wind farm should be connected to the grid in 2008. Earlier plans include the construction of a wind farm with a generation capacity of 909 MW and 303 wind turbines. This wind farm would have doubled the capacity installed in Oregon at the time. However, since the plan was only approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in 2008, construction of the wind farm began a year later, in 2009. 338 General Electric GE2.5XL turbines, each with a capacity of 2.5 MW, are used in the project were installed for the first time in the United States. The turbines and a ten-year maintenance contract cost a total of $ 1.4 billion, making them the largest investment in the approximately $ 2 billion overall project. In December 2010, the Department of Energy (DOE) offered a $ 1.3 billion loan guarantee.
In April 2011, Google Inc. announced that they had invested $ 100 million in the wind farm. Other companies involved include Itōchū Shōji and Sumitomo Shōji .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d costs, location, turbines and general. The oregano . Accessed January 5, 2017
- ↑ a b c d e Construction of the wind farm. Accessed January 5, 2017
- ↑ Oregon wind farm could be world's largest. bizjournals.com, accessed January 5, 2017
- ↑ Plans for the wind farm. Accessed January 5, 2017
- ↑ Plan of the wind farm. Accessed January 6, 2017
- ↑ Old plan of the wind farm with 909 MW output and 303 turbines. ( Memento of the original from November 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed January 6, 2017
- ↑ Google Inc. is investing $ 100 million in the wind farm. Accessed January 7, 2017
