Klondike Wind farm is located in Sherman County, east of the small agricultural community of Wasco, in the north-central part of the U.S. state of Oregon. It was built in four phases and is owned and operated by Iberdrola.[1] The first phase was built in 2001[2] and the latest in 2008.
| Klondike Wind Farm | |
|---|---|
 Turbines at the Klondike Wind Farm | |
 | |
| Country | United States |
| Location | Sherman County, near Wasco, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 45°34′48″N 120°36′36″W / 45.58000°N 120.61000°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Owner | Iberdrola |
| Wind farm | |
| Type | Onshore |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 197 x 1.5 MW 44 x 2.3 MW 1 x 2.4 MW |
| Make and model | Enron Wind General Electric |
| Nameplate capacity | 399.1 MW |
| Phase | Capacity (MW)[3] | Type | number of turbines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Klondike I | 24 | Enron Wind | 16 |
| Klondike II | 75 | GE Energy | 50 |
| Klondike III | 120 | GE Energy | 80 |
| 101.2 | Siemens | 44 | |
| 2.4 | Mitsubishi | 1 | |
| Klondike IIIa | 76.5 | GE Energy | 51 |
| Total | 399.1 | 242 |
The wind farm is currently a test site for some new wind turbines, notably the Mitsubishi MWT92, a 2.4 megawatt turbine with a rotor diameter larger than the wingspan of any production aircraft at 92 meters,[4] manufactured in Japan. During the construction of the last phase, an accident killed one worker and injured another.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Eastern Oregon's Klondike Wind Power Projects Serve as Testing Ground for Next-Generation Turbine Technology". Iberdrola Renewables. September 24, 2008. Archived from the original on October 30, 2010. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
- ^ "Klondike Wind Farm". BPA. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
- ^ AWEA page Archived 2010-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ World's largest aircraft
- ^ "Dalles Chronicle". Archived from the original on 2008-10-11. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
