Willow Creek Energy Center — Plant Summary
- EIA Plant ID
- 56952
- Capacity
- 72 MW
- Primary Fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Status
- Operating
- Location
- Morrow, OR
- Operating Since
- 2009
- Generators
- 1
- Operator
- Invenergy Services LLC
- Parent Company
- —
- Annual Generation
- 168,658 MWh
- Capacity Factor
- 26.7%
- Balancing Authority
- Bonneville Power Administration
- ISO/RTO
- —
- NERC Region
- WECC
Willow Creek Energy Center
OperatingWind
Ranked #22 of 50 Wind plants in OR#862 of 1442 nationally
72 MW Wind operating in Morrow, OR — Bonneville Power Administration
EIAGEMWD
72 MW
Nameplate Capacity
1
Generators
unit
Onshore Wind Turbine
Technology
2009
Operating Since
Location
Coordinates
45.6530, -119.9942
County
Morrow, OR
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Ownership & Operator
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 | Invenergy Services LLC | Invenergy | — |
| Owner(s) | Invenergy Services LLC | Invenergy LLC [100%] | — |
| Status | Operating | operating | — |
Ownership Chain
About
Willow Creek Energy Center is a 72 MW wind power plant located in Morrow County, Oregon. The facility began operating in 2009 and is owned and operated by Invenergy Services LLC. The plant utilizes a single generator consisting of multiple onshore wind turbines. It ranks as the 21st largest of 49 wind plants in Oregon, and 853rd nationally out of 1424 wind plants.
The plant uses 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 reported data, Willow Creek Energy Center generated 168,658 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 26.7%. The plant is located within the Bonneville Power Administration balancing authority and the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) NERC region.
Generated from EIA, GEM, and public data sources
Engineering & Generators
Grid Context
NERC Region
WECC
Balancing Authority
Bonneville Power Administration
Grid Voltage
115 kV
Regulatory Status
NR
Entity Type
Independent Power Producer
Sector
IPP Non-CHP
Generation
6.9K MWh
Latest Month
168.7K MWh
Annual Generation
26.7%
Capacity Factor
Jan 2022 – Dec 2024
Financial Data
No financial data available for this plant.
Pricing & Market Data
This plant is outside organized wholesale electricity markets (ISOs/RTOs). Nodal pricing data is not available.
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