Spring Valley Windmills - Nevada
Posted by: Volcanoguy
N 39° 02.167 W 114° 32.969
11S E 712100 N 4323642
The Spring Valley Wind Project has 66 turbines spread over about 7700 acres north of Hwy. 6/50.
Waymark Code: WMV4WC
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 02/23/2017
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The Spring Valley Wind Project is Nevada’s first utility-scale wind energy project, located approximately 30 miles east of Ely, Nevada. In 2012, the Pattern Energy Group LP built the Spring Valley Wind project, which includes 66 Siemens 2.3 megawatt wind turbines, 151.8 megawats. The project is covers on 7,673 acres of public lands, however, its permanent footprint will only be about 77 acres of surface area, or about 1 percent of the total project area.
Purpose: Electricity
Is This Windmill Functional?: Yes!
Windmill Farm: yes
Museum on Site: no
Date of Manufacture: Not listed
Open to the public: Not Listed
Cost: Not Listed
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