Big Horn Wind Project

OperatingWind

Ranked #7 of 24 Wind plants in WA#367 of 1442 nationally

199 MW Wind operating in Klickitat, WA — Avangrid Renewables LLC

EIAGEMWD

199 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

unit

Onshore Wind Turbine

Technology

2006

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

45.8877, -120.2896

County

Klickitat, WA

Nearby Plants

Lund Hill Solar
Solar150 MW · 4.1 km
Big Horn Wind II
Wind50 MW · 5.7 km
Juniper Canyon I Wind Project
Wind151.2 MW · 6.6 km

Ownership & Operator

Field	EIA	GEM	Wikidata
Operator	Avangrid Power LLC	PPM Energy	—
Owner(s)	Avangrid Power LLC	Avangrid	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

About

The Big Horn Wind Farm is a 200 megawatt wind farm in Klickitat County, Washington. It uses 133 GE Energy 1.5 MW wind turbines. The wind farm is owned by Big Horn LLC, a subsidiary of Iberdrola Renewables. 98 percent of the land it is on remains available for traditional uses, such as hunting and farming.

Read more on Wikipedia

The Big Horn Wind Project is a 199 MW wind power plant located in Klickitat County, Washington. The plant began operating in 2006 and is owned by Avangrid, with Avangrid Power LLC as the operator. It consists of a single generator utilizing onshore wind turbine technology. The plant is ranked 7th out of 17 wind facilities in Washington and 364th nationally out of 734. The balancing authority is Avangrid Renewables LLC, and the plant operates within the WECC NERC region.

The facility utilizes GE Wind GE1.5-77 wind turbines, with a rotor diameter of 77 meters and a hub height of 80 meters. In the most recent year of data, the Big Horn Wind Project generated 475,549 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 27.2%. The plant's primary fuel source is wind (WND).

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