Tuscola Bay wind farm
Official nameTuscola Bay Wind Energy Center
Country
  • United States
LocationFairgrove, Tuscola County, Michigan
Coordinates43°31′26″N 83°39′11″W / 43.52389°N 83.65306°W / 43.52389; -83.65306
Commission dateDecember 2012
Owner(s)NextEra Energy Resources
Wind farm
Type
Site usageCommercial[1]
Hub height262 feet (80 m)
Rotor diameter150 feet (46 m)
Power generation
Units operational75
Make and modelGE Energy
Nameplate capacity120 MW (1.6 MW per unit)

The Tuscola Bay wind farm, located in Fairgrove, Michigan and owned by NextEra Energy Partners,[1] was put into operation in 2012. Each of the 75 wind turbines in the farm is 262 feet high, with a blade length of 150 feet.[2] The output of each turbine is 1.6 megawatts, with a total farm output of 120 megawatts.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tuscola Bay Wind". openei.org.
  2. 1 2 "Tuscola Today » First local wind farm is now operational". tuscolatoday.com.
  3. "Tuscola Today » Additional wind turbines given nod of approval". tuscolatoday.com.
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-19. Retrieved 2015-01-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. https://www.michigan.gov/documents/mpsc/wind_farm_summary_407660_7.pdf
  6. https://www.michigan.gov/documents/mpsc/wind_map_407661_7.pdf
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