Armenia Mountain Wind Farm is a

wind farm A wind farm or wind park, also called a wind power station or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used Wind power, to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundre ...

in Tioga County and Armenia Township in Bradford County in the Northern Tier region of

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. The

has 67

GE 1.5 MW Wind Turbine GE Wind Energy is a branch of GE Renewable Energy, a subsidiary of General Electric. The company manufactures and sells wind turbines to the international market. In 2018, GE was the fourth largest wind turbine manufacturer in the world. History ...

s that began commercial operation in January 2010.AES Wind Generation Announces Commercial Operation of Armenia Mountain Wind Farm, U.S.
AES press release, January 4, 2010. Accessed March 7, 2010. Armenia Mountain has a combined total

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of 101

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s and produces enough electricity to power over 40,000 homes.Wind Farm Project Under Way
The Daily Review, July 22, 2009. Accessed March 7, 2010. Power produced by the wind farm is sold to

Old Dominion Electric Cooperative Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC) is an electric generation and transmission cooperative headquartered in Glen Allen, Virginia. ODEC provides wholesale power to its 11 member electric cooperatives in the states of Virginia, Maryland, and ...

and to Delmarva Power & Light Company.

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