Broad Mountain Wind Energy Center
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The Broad Mountain Wind Energy Center is a proposed wind farm
planned for construction in West Mahanoy
and Butler
townships in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
. The first phase of the project will include 8 Gamesa 2MW Wind Turbine
s that are expected to be operational in 2011. Phase two of the project will include 27 additional 2MW wind turbines. The wind farm
will have a combined total nameplate capacity of 70 MW and produce enough electricity
annually to power about 21,000 homes.
Along with wind turbines from nearby Locust Ridge Wind Farm, nearly all of the large wind turbines of Broad Mountain will be visible from Interstate 81 near Frackville, Pennsylvania
.
Wind farm
A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electric power. A large wind farm may consist of several hundred individual wind turbines, and cover an extended area of hundreds of square miles, but the land between the turbines may be used for agricultural or other...
planned for construction in West Mahanoy
West Mahanoy Township, Pennsylvania
West Mahanoy Township is a township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,166 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
and Butler
Butler Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Butler Township is a township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. Formed in 1848 from part of Barry Township, it is named for war hero William Orlando Butler.-Geography:...
townships in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
-Notable people:*Boxing heavyweight great Muhammad Ali had his training camp in Deer Lake.*Charles Justin Bailey, commanding general of the 81st Division in World War I, was born in Tamaqua on June 21, 1859....
. The first phase of the project will include 8 Gamesa 2MW Wind Turbine
Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica
Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica , is a manufacturing company principally involved in the fabrication of wind turbines and the construction of wind farms....
s that are expected to be operational in 2011. Phase two of the project will include 27 additional 2MW wind turbines. The wind farm
Wind farm
A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electric power. A large wind farm may consist of several hundred individual wind turbines, and cover an extended area of hundreds of square miles, but the land between the turbines may be used for agricultural or other...
will have a combined total nameplate capacity of 70 MW and produce enough electricity
Electricity
Electricity is a general term encompassing a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena, such as lightning, static electricity, and the flow of electrical current in an electrical wire...
annually to power about 21,000 homes.
Along with wind turbines from nearby Locust Ridge Wind Farm, nearly all of the large wind turbines of Broad Mountain will be visible from Interstate 81 near Frackville, Pennsylvania
Frackville, Pennsylvania
Frackville is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Frackville is located near the intersection of Interstate 81 and Pennsylvania State Route 61, approximately northeast of Harrisburg and southwest of Wilkes-Barre.-History:...
.