Blue Canyon Wind Farm
Blue Canyon Wind Farm is the largest wind farm in Oklahoma, United States.[1] The project, located in the Slick Hills north of Lawton,[2] consists of three phases.
The first phase consists of 45 NEG Micon 1.65 MW wind turbines, with a collective nameplate capacity of 74.25 MW. It began commercial operations in December 2003, and is owned by Infigen Energy and Horizon Wind Energy.
The second phase consists of 84 Vestas V80-1.8 MW wind turbines, with a collective nameplate capacity of an additional 151.2 MW. It is owned and operated by Horizon Wind Energy, a subsidiary of Energias de Portugal, a world leading Portuguese utility, it began commercial operations in December 2005.[3]
As of 2008[update], Blue Canyon remains Oklahoma's largest wind farm; however, several organizations including Oklahoma Gas & Electric plan to greatly increase Oklahoma's wind power capacity,[4] and future projects may be larger.
The wind farm is visible from the access road of nearby Mount Scott.
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Blue Canyon Wind Farm from Mount Scott
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View of the wind farm from the northeast, in Meers
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- ^ "Oklahoma Wind Energy Development". Wind Project Data Base. American Wind Energy Association. http://www.awea.org/projects/Projects.aspx?s=Oklahoma. Retrieved 2005-05-16.
- ^ "Two Oklahoma towns blown away by wind farm benefits". Crop Choice. 2003-11-03. http://www.cropchoice.com/leadstryd4df.html?recid=2182. Retrieved 2007-11-17.
- ^ "Blue Canyon Wind Farm, Oklahoma". Horizon Wind Energy. http://www.horizonwind.com/projects/whatwevedone/bluecanyon/default.aspx. Retrieved 2006-05-16.
- ^ Clendenin, Julie (2008-10-31). "Oklahoma Winds Generate Clean Electricity, In-state Green Jobs as U.S. Wind Power Industry Continues to Expand". American Wind Energy Association. http://www.awea.org/newsroom/releases/Oklahoma_Winds_Generate_Clean_Electricity_103108.html. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
Coordinates: 34°50′49″N 98°34′01″W / 34.847°N 98.567°W
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