Renewable Energy Development

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Entries for December, 2008

Wind Power | Cedar Ridge Wind Farm

The Cedar Ridge Wind Farm in Fond du Lac County Wisconsin has just begun generating power for the Wisconsin Power & Light Co.
This wind farm consists of 41 wind turbines with a maximum capacity of generating 68MW of electricity. The renewable energy sourced electricity be enough to send power to 17,000 homes in the area. This is [...]

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Solar Energy | Sunsmart Solar Farm Nearing Completion

An innovative solar farm in St George, Utah is now nearing completion, due to start commercial electricity production in December. The photovoltaic system, which has been dubbed SunSmart, will consist of 466 solar panels and will be the first community owned solar renewable energy concept of its kind.

The concept involves homeowners to buy shares, costing [...]

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Wind Power | Happy Jack Windpower

In Laramie County, Wyoming and commissioned and operated by Duke Energy is the Happy Jack Windpower facility. This is a wind power development that has a maximum capacity of 29.4MW of electricity generated from 14 2.1MW Suzlon S88 wind turbines.
The project is located next to the Happy Jack Landfill and is supplying renewable source energy [...]

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