Gulf Wind | |
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Location | Kenedy County, Texas |
Coordinates | 27°05′16.02″N 97°35′22.02″W / 27.0877833°N 97.5894500°W |
Commission date | 2009 [1] |
Construction cost | $740 million [2] |
Owner(s) | Pattern Energy Group |
Wind farm | |
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Power generation | |
Units operational | 118 × 2.3 MW [1] |
Make and model | Siemens Gamesa [1] SWT-2.3-108 |
Nameplate capacity | 271 MW [1] |
External links | |
Website |
patternenergy |
Gulf Wind is a 271 megawatt wind farm located on the Texas Gulf Coast in Kenedy County. It is operated by Pattern Energy which is based in San Francisco. [3] The wind farm’s output is contracted under a 20-year power purchase agreement with Austin Energy. [1]
Gulf Wind first generated electricity for the Texas power grid in November 2008, [4] with all turbines expected operational by September 2010. [5] Gulf Wind's former owner Babcock & Brown sold the development rights to Pattern Energy in 2009. [6] [4]
In 2021 Pattern Energy replaced its Mitsubishi [7] 2.4 MW turbines with Siemens Gamesa SWT-2.3-108 turbines. [8] This changed total output from 283.3 [9] to 271.4 MW. [1]
Gulf Wind farm was operational during most of Hurricane Harvey's landfall in Texas in August 2017, with turbines only shutting down when winds reach 55 miles per hour (89 km/h), and returning to normal operation the next day. [10] [11]
Gulf Wind | |
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| |
Country |
|
Location | Kenedy County, Texas |
Coordinates | 27°05′16.02″N 97°35′22.02″W / 27.0877833°N 97.5894500°W |
Commission date | 2009 [1] |
Construction cost | $740 million [2] |
Owner(s) | Pattern Energy Group |
Wind farm | |
Type | |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 118 × 2.3 MW [1] |
Make and model | Siemens Gamesa [1] SWT-2.3-108 |
Nameplate capacity | 271 MW [1] |
External links | |
Website |
patternenergy |
Gulf Wind is a 271 megawatt wind farm located on the Texas Gulf Coast in Kenedy County. It is operated by Pattern Energy which is based in San Francisco. [3] The wind farm’s output is contracted under a 20-year power purchase agreement with Austin Energy. [1]
Gulf Wind first generated electricity for the Texas power grid in November 2008, [4] with all turbines expected operational by September 2010. [5] Gulf Wind's former owner Babcock & Brown sold the development rights to Pattern Energy in 2009. [6] [4]
In 2021 Pattern Energy replaced its Mitsubishi [7] 2.4 MW turbines with Siemens Gamesa SWT-2.3-108 turbines. [8] This changed total output from 283.3 [9] to 271.4 MW. [1]
Gulf Wind farm was operational during most of Hurricane Harvey's landfall in Texas in August 2017, with turbines only shutting down when winds reach 55 miles per hour (89 km/h), and returning to normal operation the next day. [10] [11]