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 the project will be completed by the end of 2008.
Phase I of the project will consist of 222 wind turbines with construction of the remaining wind turbines (350MW worth) possibly beginning in early 2009. The site of the Fowler Ridge Wind Farm is around 90 miles northwest of Indianapolis.
The project development, ownership and operational control is being done in a joint partnership between Dominion and BP Renewable Energy North America for 650MW of the produced electricity. BP will retain control over the remaining 100MW.
June 12th, 2008 at 7:28 am
i think wind power is the most importnat new alternative energy and has great potential.
July 17th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Indiana isn’t very windy. It’s listed as having a statewide wind potential of 30 MW. What’s going to power 750 MW of turbines?
September 12th, 2008 at 4:48 am
We visited the wind farm last Saturday and the first thing that came to my mind was::: how do we keep airplanes from bumping into the windmills? Are they lighted or is that area a no-fly zone? jkw