Highland Wind Energy Center
| Highland Wind Project | |
|---|---|
  Location of Highland Wind Project in Iowa | |
| Country | United States |
| Location | O'Brien county in Iowa |
| Coordinates | 43°05′N 95°34′W / 43.083°N 95.567°WCoordinates: 43°05′N 95°34′W / 43.083°N 95.567°W |
| Status | mostly operational |
| Construction began | 2013 |
| Commission date | 2015 |
| Construction cost | about $1 billion |
| Owner(s) | MidAmerican Energy Company |
| Operator(s) | MidAmerican Energy Company |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 218 |
| Make and model | Siemens 2.3 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 502 MW |
| Capacity factor | 36-40+ [1] |
| Largest in state when completed. | |
The Highland Wind Project is a large wind power project in O'Brien County, Iowa. The 500 MW project was placed online in 2015.
Project
The project is part of $1.9 billion in wind power construction announced by MidAmerican Energy in 2013. The project is the largest in Iowa, as well as the largest single-phase project in the world. Siemens is supplying 218 2.3 MW wind turbines for the project.[2]
The project is located at the southern end of Buffalo Ridge. The proposed Rock Island Clean Line HVDC transmission line would originate just north of the project.[3]
Planning for an expansion of the project, known as Highland II is underway by developer Invenergy. The expansion could add as much as 250 MW additional generation capacity.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Iowa Utilities Board Docket No.: RPU-2003-0003. Iowa Utilities Board. Missing or empty
|title=(help); - ↑ "MidAmerican begins construction on Iowa’s largest wind project". Power Engineering. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ↑ "Wind energy boom blows into Northwest Iowa county". Sioux City Journal.
- ↑ "O'Brien County's 2nd major wind farm on fast track". Cherokee Chronicle Times. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
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