Lake Winds Energy Park

OperatingWind

Ranked #17 of 35 Wind plants in MI#709 of 1442 nationally

100.8 MW Wind operating in Mason, MI — Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..

EIAGEMWD

100.8 MW

Nameplate Capacity

1

Generators

unit

Onshore Wind Turbine

Technology

2012

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

43.8719, -86.3347

County

Mason, MI

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Ownership & Operator

Field	EIA	GEM	Wikidata
Operator	Consumers Energy Co - (MI)	Consumers Energy	—
Owner(s)	Consumers Energy Co - (MI)	Consumers Energy	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

About

Lake Winds Energy Park is a wind farm located in Mason County, Michigan. The farm began production in August 2012 and is currently operated by Consumers Energy. It is home to a total of 56 wind turbines that produce a total of just over 100MW of power. The turbines, which were constructed by Vestas-American Wind Technology, Inc., take advantage of the western winds generated by Lake Michigan to produce power.

Read more on Wikipedia

Lake Winds Energy Park is a 100.8 MW wind power plant located in Mason County, Michigan. The facility began operating in 2012 and is owned and operated by Consumers Energy. The plant utilizes a single generator consisting of multiple onshore wind turbines. Specifically, the turbines are Vestas V100-1.8 models, each with a rotor diameter of 100 meters and a hub height of 95 meters.

The plant's latest annual generation was 262,060 MWh, resulting in a capacity factor of 29.6%. Lake Winds Energy Park is connected to the Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator (MISO) balancing authority. The plant ranks 17th out of 19 wind facilities in Michigan and 699th out of 734 nationally. The installed cost of the facility was $2215.53 per kW, according to FERC data.

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