Highland Wind Energy Center

Highland Wind Project
Location of Highland Wind Project in Iowa
Country United States
Location O'Brien county in Iowa
Coordinates 43°05′N 95°34′W / 43.083°N 95.567°W / 43.083; -95.567Coordinates: 43°05′N 95°34′W / 43.083°N 95.567°W / 43.083; -95.567
Status mostly operational
Construction began 2013
Commission date 2015
Construction cost about $1 billion
Owner(s) MidAmerican Energy Company
Operator(s) MidAmerican Energy Company
Power generation
Units operational 218
Make and model Siemens 2.3 MW
Nameplate capacity 502 MW
Capacity factor 36-40+ [1]
Largest in state when completed.

The Highland Wind Project is a large wind power project in O'Brien County, Iowa. The 500 MW project was placed online in 2015.

Project

The project is part of $1.9 billion in wind power construction announced by MidAmerican Energy in 2013. The project is the largest in Iowa, as well as the largest single-phase project in the world. Siemens is supplying 218 2.3 MW wind turbines for the project.[2]

The project is located at the southern end of Buffalo Ridge. The proposed Rock Island Clean Line HVDC transmission line would originate just north of the project.[3]

Planning for an expansion of the project, known as Highland II is underway by developer Invenergy. The expansion could add as much as 250 MW additional generation capacity.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Iowa Utilities Board Docket No.: RPU-2003-0003. Iowa Utilities Board. Missing or empty |title= (help);
  2. ↑ "MidAmerican begins construction on Iowa's largest wind project". Power Engineering. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Wind energy boom blows into Northwest Iowa county". Sioux City Journal.
  4. ↑ "O'Brien County's 2nd major wind farm on fast track". Cherokee Chronicle Times. Retrieved 12 February 2015.


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