Laurel Mountain Hybrid

OperatingBESSWindHybrid

Ranked #3 of 8 Wind plants in WV#639 of 1442 nationally

113.6 MW Batteries (16 MW) + Onshore Wind Turbine (98 MW) operating in Barbour, WV — PJM Interconnection, LLC

EIAGEMWD

113.6 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

units

Hybrid (2)

Technology

Batteries + Onshore Wind Turbine

2011

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

39.0072, -79.8866

County

Barbour, WV

Ownership & Operator

Field	EIA	GEM	Wikidata
Operator	AES Distributed Energy	AES	—
Owner(s)	AES Distributed Energy	AES	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

About

Laurel Mountain Hybrid is a hybrid power plant located in Barbour County, West Virginia. The plant, owned by AES and operated by AES Distributed Energy, has a total capacity of 113.6 MW and began operating in 2011. The facility combines onshore wind turbine technology with battery energy storage. Specifically, it utilizes GE Wind GE1.65-91 wind turbines with a hub height of 80 meters and a rotor diameter of 91 meters. The battery energy storage system (BESS) has a capacity of 16 MWh and a duration of 1 hour, employing lithium-ion battery chemistry.

The plant's primary fuel source is listed as "MWH" in the data, presumably referring to the wind-generated electricity that is both directly fed to the grid and used to charge the batteries. In the most recent year of data, Laurel Mountain Hybrid generated 265,532 MWh, resulting in a capacity factor of 26.8%. The plant operates within the PJM Interconnection, LLC balancing authority and the RFC NERC region. Laurel Mountain Hybrid is ranked as the second largest of two hybrid plants in West Virginia, and 451st out of 514 hybrid plants nationally.

Generated from EIA, GEM, and public data sources

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Engineering & Generators