The Comber Wind Energy Project is a 165.5MW wind farm that has been developed in Essex County, Ontario. The wind powered facility that has been developed by Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners (BREP) consists of 72 x 2.3MW Siemens turbines. The turbines that were used in the construction of the facility are the largest available in [...] Read more »
Wind Power | Waubra Wind Farm Project
A new 192 MW wind power project known as the Waubra Wind Farm Project, which is located approximately 35km north-west of Ballarat in Victoria, is currently under construction by Acciona Energy. The Waubra Wind Farm consists of 128 wind turbines spread over a 16.5 x 10.5km site and will generate enough electricity to meet the [...] Read more »
Wind Power | Benton County Wind Farm
Indiana’s first commercial wind power station has been brought online this month. The 130MW capacity wind farm lies 90 miles northwest of Indianapolis near the Illinois state line. The Benton County Wind Farm comprises 87 wind turbines and generates enough power to suppply 43,000 homes. The project is the first in a planned construction project [...] Read more »
Wind Power | Dunlap Wind Farm, Wyoming
On October 1, 2010 the $260 million Dunlap I wind project in Carbon County, Wyoming near the town of Medicine Bow began producing electricity from the 74 wind turbines that have been installed. The electricity that is produced from the project will be available for use by customers in six states of the United States. [...] Read more »
Wind Power | Crowlands Wind Farm
A new wind farm is being planned for construction at Crowlands in north-western Victoria, Australia. The wind farm will be located on 18 local properties and will bring around $150 million into the local economy through construction, operation and maintenance. Pacific Hydro has applied to the Victorian Minister for Planning seeking planning approval for the [...] Read more »
Red Flashing Lights On Wind Turbines
Regardless of whether you can appreciate the fact that wind turbines provide a valuable source of renewable resource electricity or you simply hate the look of them because they destroy your idea of what a landscape should look like, the fact is that wind power plants are popping up all over the country. Some people [...] Read more »
Wind Power | Fowler Ridge Wind Farm
The Fowler Ridge Wind Farm is currently under construction in Benton County, Indiana. It is a wind energy project that is going to be completed in two phases and will have a maximum electricity capacity of 750MW. The first phase of the project will bring the first 400MW on-line with hopes that this part of [...] Read more »
Wind Power | Totoral Wind Farm, Chile
The largest wind project ever developed in Chile is currently being planned. The 46MW Totoral Wind Farm is expected to be completed by the end of 2009. The project will consist of 23 Vestas 2MW capacity wind turbines which will be delivered by April 2009. The wind farm will be located in the region of [...] Read more »
Wind Power | White Oak Wind Farm, Illinois
The White Oak wind farm, a $250 million project, is coming up along the McLean-Woodford County lines in Illinois, USA. The 100-turbine wind farm will be located on farmland in McLean County in central Illinois. This is a project that has been in the works for a number of years now and has, at times, [...] Read more »
Wind Power | Simpson Ridge Wind Farm
Plans for a proposed new wind farm that will be developed by Horizon Wind Energy have been approved by the Carbon County Planning Commission. The wind farm has been slated to be built between Hanna and Medicine Bow, Wyoming. The proposal puts the size of the wind farm at 154 turbines, but there have been [...] Read more »