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Groton Wind Power Project

Coordinates: 43°45′N 71°48′W / 43.75°N 71.8°W / 43.75; -71.8
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Groton Wind
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CountryUnited States
LocationGroton, New Hampshire
Coordinates43°45′N 71°48′W / 43.75°N 71.8°W / 43.75; -71.8
StatusOperational
Construction began2011
Commission dateDecember 2012
Construction cost$120 million[1]
Owner(s)Iberdrola Renovables
Wind farm
TypeOnshore
Hub height78 metres (256 ft)
Rotor diameter87 metres (285 ft)
Power generation
Units operational24
Make and modelGamesa: G87 2.0 MW
Nameplate capacity48 MW
Annual net output144 - 158 GWh

Groton Wind Power Project a 48-megawatt wind farm, also known as Groton Wind Farm was constructed in 2012 in Groton, New Hampshire in the northeast United States. Owned by Iberdrola Renovables, it is the third major wind-power installation in the state of New Hampshire. Power is being sold to NSTAR under a power purchase agreement, and will go to the Boston area.[2]

Located on Tenney Mountain and Fletcher Mountain in Groton,[3] in Grafton County, it has 24 Gamesa G87, 2.0 MW turbines wind turbines. Delivery of turbine components began on June 25, 2012, and continued through August.[4]

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