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CAISO tested the wind farm's synchronverter in 2018, and found it could perform some of the grid services similar or better than traditional generators. [29] [30] In February 2018, Scout Clean Energy of Colorado won the rights to modernize the Gonzaga Ridge wind farm which is located in Pacheco State Park. Rated at 16.5 megawatts, the Gonzaga ...
Wind farms in California, groups of wind turbines in the same location, used to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundred wind turbines covering an extensive area. Wind farms can be either onshore or offshore.
Alstom Wind (Spain) – subsidiary of General Electric since 2015; Enron Wind (now defunct) – wind-turbine manufacturing assets bought by General Electric in 2002; Fuji Heavy Industries (Japan) – the wind turbine business was acquired by Hitachi in 2012; Gamesa (Spain) NEG Micon (Spain) – was bought by Gamesa; NEG Micon – now part of Vestas
Young Wind Farm Texas: 500 [96] Chevelon Butte wind farm Arizona: 477 [97] Alle-Catt wind farm New York: 340 [98] Boswell Springs Wind Farm (2023) Wyoming: 331 [99] Thunderhead Wind Energy Nebraska: 300 [100] Seven Cowboy wind farm Oklahoma: 300 [101] Canisteo wind farm New York: 291 [102] Sapphire Sky wind farm Illinois: 260 [103] Badger Wind Farm
The Alta Wind Energy Center is a wind farm located in Tehachapi Pass of the Tehachapi Mountains, in Kern County, California. As of 2022, it is the largest wind farm in the United States, [ 1 ] with a combined installed capacity of 1,550 MW (2,080,000 hp).
The first wind turbines were placed on the Altamont in the early 1980s by Fayette Manufacturing Corporation, on land owned by cattle rancher Joe Jess. [1] The wind farm is composed of 4,930 [ 2 ] relatively small wind turbines of various types, making it at one time the largest wind farm in the world in terms of capacity.
Lists of wind farms include: List of onshore wind farms; List of offshore wind farms; Wind farms by country. List of wind farms in Australia;
Wind farm Offshore BOEM wind energy lease area Receiving states Coordinates Capacity Projected completion Turbines Developer Regulatory agency /Utility Refs Vineyard Wind: Offshore Massachusetts OCS-A 0501 [12] [13] 13 nmi southwest of Martha's Vineyard (MA) 65,296 acres (26,424 ha) MA