Hopkins Ridge Wind
Key facts
Performance Analysis
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Hazard Exposure
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Insurance Gap Analysis
Coming soon. Premium gap vs. exposure-based pricing — model substrate ready, underwriting curves pending.
Generators
Commercial arrangement
No active commercial arrangement on record. The plant is selling at market unless a contract is added.
Context
Hopkins Ridge Wind is a 156.6 MW wind power plant located in Columbia County, Washington. The plant began operating in 2005 and is owned by Puget Holdings and operated by Puget Sound Energy Inc. It consists of two onshore wind turbine generators utilizing Vestas V80-1.8 turbines. These turbines have a rotor diameter of 80 meters and a hub height of 67 meters. Hopkins Ridge Wind is the 9th largest wind farm in Washington (out of 17) and ranks 458th nationally (out of 734). The plant's primary fuel source is wind (WND). In the most recent year with available data, Hopkins Ridge Wind generated 345,386 MWh, achieving a capacity factor of 25.1%. The plant operates within the Bonneville Power Administration balancing authority and the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) NERC region. Financial data indicates an installed cost of $1,135.58 per kW, based on FERC filings.
The Hopkins Ridge Wind Farm is an electricity generating wind farm facility located in Columbia County, Washington, United States. It is owned by Puget Sound Energy and began operations in 2005, built by RES Americas, a part of the Renewable Energy Systems Group. After a second phase of construction in 2008, the facility has a generating capacity of 157 megawatts, up from 149 megawatts. In the past, the energy output of Hopkins Ridge and Wild Horse Wind Farm has been sold to various California utilities through power purchase agreements.
