Originally published January 8 2006
Energy firm installs large-scale wind project in Washington
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
In Bellevue, Wash., Puget Sound Energy (PSE) has installed the Hopkins Ridge Wind Project, capable of generating 150 MW of electricity.
Capable of generating up to 150 MW of electricity, Puget Sound Energy's (PSE) Hopkins Ridge Wind Project, located about 285 miles southeast of Seattle, is now producing renewable energy for the utility's 1 million-plus electric customers.
The completion of the $200 million power-generating facility last month signals PSE as the only Northwestern U.S. utility to solely own and operate a large wind farm.
Plus, PSE expects a second wind farm to become operational in late 2006.
Energy Outfitters San Diego Tech Conference "Hopkins Ridge marks the beginning of a new era for us, with a clean, cost-effective source of renewable power taking a prominent place in our mix of electricity supply.
It's now on to Kittitas County for our construction team, where we're building our second wind facility, the Wild Horse Wind Project."
Spread across 11,000 acres of mostly privately owned range and farmland, the Hopkins Ridge Wind Project has 83 massive wind turbine towers, according to the release, that measure 335 feet from the ground to the vertical tip of their 262-foot-diameter, three-blade rotors.
In one day last month, the Columbia County wind farm clocked an average 111 MW of power generation over a 24-hour period for PSE customers.
"This is a milestone for our customers and for our company," said Steve Reynolds, PSE's chairman, president, and CEO. "Hopkins Ridge marks the beginning of a new era for us, with a clean, cost-effective source of renewable power taking a prominent place in our mix of electricity supply.
It's now on to Kittitas County for our construction team, where we're building our second wind facility, the Wild Horse Wind Project," Reynolds said.
The project will be built on the slopes of Whisky Dick Mountain, about 125 miles east of Seattle between Ellensburg and the Columbia River.
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