The Meyersdale Wind Farm is a
wind farm located in
Meyersdale
Meyersdale is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, on the Casselman River, southeast of Pittsburgh. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
In the past, Meyersdale's chief industry was the mining of coa ...
,
Somerset County, Pennsylvania with 20
NEG Micon/Vestas 1.5 MW wind turbines that began commercial operation in December 2003.
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Pennsylvania Wind Working Group, accessed March 1, 2010. The
wind farm has a combined total
nameplate capacity of 30
MW, enough to power about 10,000 homes.
The project was constructed by
NextEra Energy Resources, based in
Florida.
In late 2015, NextEra upgraded the facility with
battery energy storage having a maximum discharge capacity of 18 MW.
See also
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List of power stations in Pennsylvania
In 2019, Pennsylvania had a total summer capacity of 47,812 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 228,995 GWh. The corresponding electrical energy generation mix was 42.9% natural gas, 36.3% nuclear, 16.5% coal, 1 ...
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Wind power in Pennsylvania
References
{{Wind power in the United States
Energy infrastructure completed in 2003
Buildings and structures in Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Wind farms in Pennsylvania
NextEra Energy
2003 establishments in Pennsylvania