Cedar Creek Wind Farm
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The Cedar Creek Wind Farm is a 551.3MW, 397 wind turbine
facility, consists of 2 phases, Cedar Creek I and Cedar Creek II, located 13km (8 miles) east of Grover in north-central Weld County, Colorado
, which became fully operational with the completion of Cedar Creek II in 2010. The initial 300.5 megawatt (MW) Cedar Creek I wind power
installation was completed on time, within budget and without incident - with the operation commencing on 21 November 2007. Cedar Creek I is an important contributor to Colorado's New Energy Economy, providing enough wind-powered electricity for 81,135 homes. The power produced from the Cedar Creek wind farm
is sold to the Public Service Company of Colorado. Cedar Creek II has an additional 150.8MW of generating capacity, and was commissioned in 2010.
The first phase has 221 1MW wind turbines (produced by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
) and 53 1.5MW turbines (produced by General Electric
), and the second phase has an additional 53 1.6MW turbines from General Electric, and 60 2.5MW from Germany wind turbine supplier Nordex.
The Cedar Creek Wind Farm is owned by Cedar Creek Wind Energy LLC which is a conglomerate group with Infigen Energy owning 67% and BP Wind Energy the other 33%. It is operated solely by Infigen Energy.
Wind turbine
A wind turbine is a device that converts kinetic energy from the wind into mechanical energy. If the mechanical energy is used to produce electricity, the device may be called a wind generator or wind charger. If the mechanical energy is used to drive machinery, such as for grinding grain or...
facility, consists of 2 phases, Cedar Creek I and Cedar Creek II, located 13km (8 miles) east of Grover in north-central Weld County, Colorado
Weld County, Colorado
As of the census of 2000, there were 180,936 people, 63,247 households, and 45,221 families residing in the county. The population density was 45 people per square mile . There were 66,194 housing units at an average density of 17 per square mile...
, which became fully operational with the completion of Cedar Creek II in 2010. The initial 300.5 megawatt (MW) Cedar Creek I wind power
Wind power
Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form of energy, such as using wind turbines to make electricity, windmills for mechanical power, windpumps for water pumping or drainage, or sails to propel ships....
installation was completed on time, within budget and without incident - with the operation commencing on 21 November 2007. Cedar Creek I is an important contributor to Colorado's New Energy Economy, providing enough wind-powered electricity for 81,135 homes. The power produced from the Cedar Creek wind farm
Wind farm
A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electric power. A large wind farm may consist of several hundred individual wind turbines, and cover an extended area of hundreds of square miles, but the land between the turbines may be used for agricultural or other...
is sold to the Public Service Company of Colorado. Cedar Creek II has an additional 150.8MW of generating capacity, and was commissioned in 2010.
The first phase has 221 1MW wind turbines (produced by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
, or MHI, is a Japanese company. It is one of the core companies of Mitsubishi Group.-History:In 1870 Yataro Iwasaki, the founder of Mitsubishi took a lease of Government-owned Nagasaki Shipyard. He named it Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works, and started the shipbuilding business on a full scale...
) and 53 1.5MW turbines (produced by General Electric
General Electric
General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...
), and the second phase has an additional 53 1.6MW turbines from General Electric, and 60 2.5MW from Germany wind turbine supplier Nordex.
The Cedar Creek Wind Farm is owned by Cedar Creek Wind Energy LLC which is a conglomerate group with Infigen Energy owning 67% and BP Wind Energy the other 33%. It is operated solely by Infigen Energy.