The Benton County Wind Farm[1] (also called Goodland I[2]) consists of 87[2] model sl/sle Gen4[3] GE 1.5 MW wind turbines near Earl Park, Indiana in northern Benton County, Indiana. The farm's nameplate capacity is 130.5 MW. The farm was developed by Orion Energy Group, LLC (Oakland, CA) and Vision Energy, LLC (Cincinnati, OH) beginning in 2003. It began commercial operation in April 2008. At the time of its construction, it was Indiana's only commercial-scale wind farm. Duke Energy purchases electricity from the wind farm[2] and sells it to customers through its GoGreen program.[4]
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| Country | United States |
| Location | Earl Park, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 40°41′10″N 87°24′32″W / 40.686105°N 87.408772°W |
| Status | Operational |
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In August 2006, Duke Energy Indiana finalized its agreement to buy the output of 54 of the wind farm's 87 wind turbines for 20 years.[5] This was the first significant long-term wind power purchase agreement in Indiana. The remaining 33 wind turbines in the wind farm sell their electricity to Duke and Vectren.[5]
The owner of the project is Benton County Wind Farm LLC, which is owned by subsidiaries of Orion Energy Group LLC and other investors. The project is managed by Orion Energy Group LLC.[6]
In early 2009, the nearby Fowler Ridge Wind Farm was Indiana's second wind farm to open, and became Indiana's largest wind farm.[2]
Other wind farms developed by Orion and Vision include the Camp Grove Wind Farm and the Fowler Ridge Wind Farm.
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References
edit- ^ "Benton County Wind Farms". Archived from the original on 2009-06-05. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
- ^ a b c d "U.S. Wind Energy Projects - Indiana". American Wind Energy Association. 2009-03-31. Archived from the original on September 18, 2010. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
- ^ "1.5 MW Series Wind Turbine". General Electric. Archived from the original on 2009-07-14. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
- ^ "Duke Energy's GoGreen Power". Duke Energy. Retrieved 2009-06-21. [dead link]
- ^ a b "Benton County Wind Farm Producing Power for Duke Energy". Duke Energy. 2008-04-24. Archived from the original on 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
- ^ [1] Archived 2011-11-03 at the Wayback Machine|accessdate=2011-11-10
