Somerset Wind Farm

Somerset Wind Farm

The Somerset Wind Farm is a wind power plant in Somerset County, Pennsylvania with six 1.5-megawatt (MW) wind turbines that began commercial operation in October 2001. The wind farm has a combined total capacity of 9 MW, but actually produces about 25,000 megawatt-hours of electricity annually which is roughly 30 percent of its maximum capable annual output. [ [http://www.exeloncorp.com/ourcompanies/powergen/fossil/renewables/somerset_wind_farm.htm Exelon | Somerset Wind Farm ] ]

The wind farm is situated just one-half mile south of the Pennsylvania Turnpike which makes its 215 foot tall [ [http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/article.php?id=453 Penn Announces Largest U.S. Wind-Energy Purchase] ] towers easily visible to turnpike travelers. [ [http://www.horizonwind.com/projects/whatwevedone/somerset.aspx Welcome to Horizon Wind Energy ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/windpoweringamerica/index.asp Wind Powering America on DoE website]
* [http://www.gepower.com/prod_serv/products/wind_turbines/en/15mw/index.htm GE Wind 1.5 MW Series Wind Turbine]


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