The Mill Run Wind Energy Center 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 ...
located in
Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Fayette County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in southwestern Pennsylvania, adjacent to Maryland and West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 128,804. Its county seat is Uniontown. The county w ...
with ten
1.5 MW Enron Wind TZs that began commercial operation in November 2001.
[Wind farms in Pennsylvania](_blank)
Pennsylvania Wind Working Group, accessed March 3, 2010. The
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 ...
has a combined total
nameplate capacity
Nameplate capacity, also known as the rated capacity, nominal capacity, installed capacity, or maximum effect, is the intended full-load sustained output of a facility such as a power station, of 15 MW, but actually produces about 39,420
megawatt-hours
A kilowatt-hour (unit symbol: kW⋅h or kW h; commonly written as kWh) is a unit of energy: one kilowatt of power for one hour. In terms of SI derived units with special names, it equals 3.6 megajoules (MJ). Kilowatt-hours are a common bil ...
of electricity annually.
[Wind farms in Pennsylvania](_blank)
PennFuture: Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future, accessed March 3, 2010. The wind farm was developed by
Atlantic Renewable Energy and
Horizon Wind Energy
EDP Renewables North America (former names: Zilkha Renewable Energy and Horizon Wind Energy) and its subsidiaries develop, construct, own, and operate wind farms and solar parks throughout North America.
Headquartered in Houston, Texas, with 58 w ...
, and constructed and operated by
NextEra Energy Resources
NextEra Energy Resources, LLC (NEER) is a wholesale electricity supplier based in Juno Beach, Florida. NEER is a subsidiary of NextEra Energy (), a Fortune 200 company. Prior to 2009, NextEra Energy Resources was known as FPL Energy.
NextEra ...
, based in
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
.
See also
*
Wind power in Pennsylvania
Wind Power in Pennsylvania, one of the major source of renewable energy, it accounts for over one third of the renewable energy production of Pennsylvania. There are more than 27 Wind farm, wind farms currently installed in the commonwealth of Pen ...
References
External links
Mill Run Wind Power Project Horizon Wind Energy
EDP Renewables North America (former names: Zilkha Renewable Energy and Horizon Wind Energy) and its subsidiaries develop, construct, own, and operate wind farms and solar parks throughout North America.
Headquartered in Houston, Texas, with 58 w ...
Energy infrastructure completed in 2001
Wind farms in Pennsylvania
Buildings and structures in Fayette County, Pennsylvania
NextEra Energy
{{Pennsylvania-stub