Onshore Wind Farms

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[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

• Alternative energy
• Global warming

References[edit]

1. ↑ https://www.nps.gov/subjects/renewableenergy/onshorewind.htm
2. ↑ https://www.power-technology.com/projects/alta-wind-energy-center-awec-california/
3. ↑ https://www.power-technology.com/projects/los-vientos-wind-farm-texas/
4. ↑ https://www.power-technology.com/projects/shepherds-flat-wind-farm-oregon/
5. ↑ https://www.power-technology.com/marketdata/meadow-lake-wind-farm-us/
6. ↑ https://www.power-technology.com/projects/roscoe-wind-farm/
7. ↑ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/wind-power/horse-hollow-wind-energy-center-completes-662-mw-45971/#gref
8. ↑ https://www.power-technology.com/projects/rossislandwindfarm/#:~:text=The 0.99MW wind farm,stations on Ross Island, Antarctica.
9. ↑ https://mashable.com/article/wind-turbines-texas
10. ↑ https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy09osti/44522.pdf
11. ↑ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-08/mawson-antarctic-wind-turbine-failure-investigated/9130554
12. ↑ https://www.ge.com/news/reports/just-deserts-wind-turbine-can-handle-sandstorms-desert-sun
13. ↑ https://www.grupotsk.com/en/proyecto/dhofar-50-mw-wind-farm/#:~:text=The Dhofar wind farm was,this part of the world

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