Highland Wind Energy Center

The Highland Wind Energy Center is a 501.4 megawatt (MW) wind farm in O'Brien County, Iowa. It became the largest facility in the state when it was placed online in 2015.

Highland Wind Project
CountryUnited States
LocationO'Brien County, Iowa
Coordinates43°05′N 95°34′W
StatusOperational
Construction began2013
Commission date2015
Construction costabout $1 billion
Owner(s)MidAmerican Energy Company
Operator(s)MidAmerican Energy Company
Wind farm
TypeOnshore
Power generation
Units operational218
Make and modelSiemens 2.3 MW
Nameplate capacity501.4 MW
Capacity factor38.6% (average 2016-2018)
Annual net output1,694 GW·h

Facility details

The facility is part of $1.9 billion in wind power project announced by MidAmerican Energy in 2013. It was the largest project in the world to be built in a single construction phase. Siemens supplied 218 2.3 MW wind turbines for the facility.[1]

The facility is located at the southern end of Buffalo Ridge. The Rock Island Clean Line HVDC transmission line was proposed to originate just north of the project.[2]

An expansion of the project, formerly known as Highland II was developed by Invenergy.[3] This expansion was purchased by MidAmerican Energy and constructed in 2016 as the 250 MW O'Brien Wind Farm. It also lies in O'Brien county, just to the north of the Highland project.[4]

Electricity production
Highland Wind Energy Center Electricity Generation (MW·h)[5]
YearTotal Annual MW·h
2015 549,863
2016 1,809,682
2017 1,726,146
2018 1,545,240
Average (years 2016-2018) --->1,693,689

See also

References
  1. "MidAmerican begins construction on Iowa's largest wind project". Power Engineering. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  2. "Wind energy boom blows into Northwest Iowa county". Sioux City Journal.
  3. "O'Brien County's 2nd major wind farm on fast track". Cherokee Chronicle Times. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  4. O'Brien Wind Project
  5. "Highland Wind, Annual". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  • MidAmerican Energy - Highland Wind Project
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