80 MW Wind operating in Cambria, PA — PJM Interconnection, LLC
80 MW
Nameplate Capacity
1
Generators
unit
Onshore Wind Turbine
Technology
2007
Operating Since
Coordinates
40.3655, -78.6005
County
Cambria, PA
Nearby Plants
Owner data does not fully agree across sources.
EIA typically reports the operating utility, while GEM resolves to the financial owner or parent corporation. Both can be correct.
| Field | EIA | GEM | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Leeward Asset Management, LLC | Allegheny Ridge Wind Farm | — |
| Owner(s) | Leeward Asset Management, LLC | Leeward Energy [100%] | — |
| Status | Operating | operating | — |
GEM identifies the owner as Leeward Energy [100%]
This entity is not yet in the GEM ownership database — chain unavailable.
The Allegheny Ridge Wind Farm is Pennsylvania's largest operational wind farm. The wind farm was built by Gamesa and encompasses parts of Cambria and Blair counties north of Blue Knob Mountain near Altoona. It officially became operational in June 2007 and has 40 wind turbines, each of a 2 MW nameplate capacity, for a total maximum production of 80 megawatts of electricity. The wind farm is owned and operated by Infigen Energy and its electricity is sold to FirstEnergy.
Read more on WikipediaAllegheny Ridge Wind Farm is an 80 MW wind power plant located in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. The facility began operating in 2007 and is operated by Leeward Asset Management, LLC. The plant utilizes a single onshore wind turbine generator. The turbines have a hub height of 78 meters and a rotor diameter of 87 meters, and were manufactured by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, model G87-2.0.
The plant's latest annual generation was 199,219 MWh, resulting in a capacity factor of 28.5%. Allegheny Ridge Wind Farm is interconnected to the PJM Interconnection, LLC balancing authority and is within the RFC NERC region. The plant ranks as the 8th largest out of 28 wind farms in Pennsylvania, and 811th out of 1424 nationally.
Generated from EIA, GEM, and public data sources
NERC Region
RFC
Balancing Authority
PJM Interconnection, LLC
Grid Voltage
230 kV
Regulatory Status
NR
Entity Type
Independent Power Producer
Sector
IPP Non-CHP
Allegheny Ridge WF1
23.0K MWh
Latest Month
199.2K MWh
Annual Generation
28.5%
Capacity Factor
No financial data available for this plant.
Point of Interconnection
Nearest Substation
Bearrock Substation · 230 kV
Substation Distance
2.297 km
Coord Source
OSM spatial
Market Position
ISO/RTO Market
PJM
LMP Node
BEARROCK34.5 KV P22B WF
Pricing Hub
WESTERN HUB
Location Type
Generation Node
Node Source
Curated node match
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