Leaning Juniper Wind Project
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The Leaning Juniper Wind Project is an electricity generating 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...

 facility located in Gilliam County, Oregon
Gilliam County, Oregon
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,915 people, 819 households, and 543 families residing in the county. The population density was 2 people per square mile . There were 1,043 housing units at an average density of 1 per square mile...

, United States
United States
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 with a total generating capicity of 302.3 megawatts. It is owned by PacifiCorp
PacifiCorp
PacifiCorp is an electric power company in the northwestern United States.PacifiCorp has three primary subsidiaries:# Pacific Power is a regulated electric utility with service territory throughout Oregon, northern California, and southeastern Washington.# Rocky Mountain Power is a regulated...

and began operations in 2006. The facility became operational in phase 1 generating a capacity of 101 megawatts. Phase 2a and 2b were later added in 2011 containing 90.3 and 111.0 megawatts respectively.

External links

  • http://www.oregon.gov/ENERGY/SITING/LJW.shtml
  • Location: 45.609024°N 120.118504°W
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