Cedar Creek Wind Farm

The Cedar Creek Wind Farm is a 551.3 megawatt (MW) wind farm located about 8 miles east of the town of Grover in north-central Weld County, Colorado. It consists of 397 wind turbines and was constructed in two phases, Cedar Creek I and Cedar Creek II, becoming fully operational in 2010. The electricity is sold to the Public Service Company of Colorado.

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The initial 300.5 MW Cedar Creek I installation was completed on time, within budget, and without incident - with the operation commencing on 21 November 2007. Cedar Creek I is an important contributor to Colorado's New Energy Economy, providing enough wind-powered electricity for 81,135 homes.[1] Cedar Creek II has an additional 250.8 MW of generating capacity, and was commissioned in 2010.

The first phase has 221 1 MW wind turbines from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and 53 1.5 MW turbines from General Electric.[2] The second phase has an additional 63 1.6 MW SLE turbines from General Electric, and 60 2.5 MW from German wind turbine supplier Nordex

coordinates	40.87111°N, -104.09306°W
location	13km E of Grover, Colorado, United States
status	Operational
construction began	2007
commissioned	21 November 2007
cost	US$480 million
owner	Cedar Creek I - ArcLight Capital Cedar Creek II - BP (50%) & Sempra (50%))
operator	Cedar Creek I - Infigen Energy Cedar Creek II - BP Wind Energy
ps units operational	397 - Total 274 - Cedar Creek I 123 - Cedar Creek II
ps units manu model	Mitsubishi, General Electric, Nordex 221x 1MW Mitsubishi MWT-1000 53x 1.5MW GE 1.5s/sle 63x 1.6MW GE 60x 2.5MW Nordex
wind farm type	Onshore
ps site elevation	1674m
ps electrical capacity	551.3MW - Total 300.5MW - Cedar Creek I 250.8MW - Cedar Creek II
ps electrical cap fac	31.5% (average 2011-2020)
ps annual generation	1,522 GW·h

Cedar Creek Wind Farm

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