Cedar Creek Wind Farm

The Cedar Creek Wind Farm is a 274 wind turbine facility located 13km (8 miles) east of Grover in north-central Weld County, Colorado, which became fully operational in January 2008. The 300.5 megawatt (MW) wind power installation was completed on time, within budget and without incident. Cedar Creek is an important contributor to Colorado's New Energy Economy, providing enough wind-powered electricity for 90,000 homes. The power produced from the Cedar Creek wind farm is sold to the Public Service Company of Colorado. [ [http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/partner/story?id=51028 Babcock & Brown and BP Announce Full Commercial Operation of one of the Largest Wind Farms in the U.S.] ]

The project has 221 1-MW wind turbines (produced by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) and 53 1.5-MW turbines (produced by General Electric). [ [http://www.power-technology.com/projects/cedarcreek/ Cedar Creek Wind Farm page, power-technology.com] ] located on a 13,000ha (32,000-acre) site. It is one of the largest single wind-power facilities in the US. The project is owned by Babcock and Brown Wind Partners.

ee also

*List of wind farms
*Wind power in the United States

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