Lower Snake River Wind Energy Project
Key facts
Performance Analysis
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Hazard Exposure
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Insurance Gap Analysis
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Generators
Commercial arrangement
No active commercial arrangement on record. The plant is selling at market unless a contract is added.
News-extracted facts
Context
The Lower Snake River Wind Energy Project is a 342.7 MW wind farm located in Garfield County, Washington. Commissioned in 2012, the facility is owned by Puget Holdings and operated by Puget Sound Energy Inc. The plant consists of a single generator utilizing onshore wind turbine technology. It is interconnected to the Bonneville Power Administration balancing authority within the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) NERC region. The wind farm's turbines are manufactured by Siemens, model SWT-2.3-101, with a hub height of 80 meters and a rotor diameter of 101 meters. In the most recent year of data, the plant generated 795,345 MWh, achieving a capacity factor of 26.4%. The Lower Snake River Wind Energy Project is the largest of 17 wind farms in Washington and ranks 54th out of 734 wind facilities nationally. Financial data indicates an installed cost of $2016.49 per kW, as reported to FERC.
The Lower Snake River Wind Project is the newest and largest wind farm operated by Puget Sound Energy, and is located in Washington’s Garfield and Columbia counties. The wind farm is made up of 149 Siemens wind turbines rated at 2.3 MW each for a maximum generating capacity of 343 MW. The project was estimated to create up to 150 temporary jobs and 25 permanent jobs.
