Meyersdale Wind Farm

The Meyersdale Wind Farm is a wind farm located in Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania with 20 NEG Micon/Vestas 1.5 MW wind turbines that began commercial operation in December 2003.[1] The wind farm has a combined total nameplate capacity of 30 MW, enough to power about 10,000 homes.[1] The project was constructed by NextEra Energy Resources, based in Florida.[2]

Aerial photo of the wind farm.

In late 2015, NextEra upgraded the facility with battery energy storage having a maximum discharge capacity of 18 MW.[3]

See also

References

  1. Wind Farms in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Wind Working Group, accessed March 1, 2010.
  2. FPL Energy announces plans for 30-megawatt wind farm in Pennsylvania Archived 2010-03-01 at the Wayback Machine FPL Energy press release, July 15, 2003. Accessed March 1, 2010.
  3. Barry Cassell (2015-07-30). "NextEra affiliate plans battery storage project at Meyersdale wind farm in Pa". transmissionhub.com.

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