Brazos Wind Farm
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| name = Brazos Wind Farm
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| image = GreenMountainWindFarm Fluvanna 2004.jpg
| image_caption = Brazos Wind Farm, Fluvanna, Texas
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| country = United States
| location = Fluvanna, Texas
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| commissioned = 2003
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| owner = Mitsui, Shell Wind Energy
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| ps_units_operational = 160
| ps_units_manu_model = Mitsubishi
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The Brazos Wind Farm, also known as the Green Mountain Energy Wind Farm at Brazos, is located in Borden and Scurry counties in Texas. It has 160 wind turbines, each rated at one megawatt (MW) and supplied by Mitsubishi, and was completed in December 2003.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cielowind.com/projects/completed-developments/brazos-wind-ranch-fluvanna |title=Brazos Wind Ranch @ Fluvanna, Texas |access-date=2009-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708153811/http://www.cielowind.com/projects/completed-developments/brazos-wind-ranch-fluvanna |archive-date=2011-07-08 |url-status=dead }} The wind farm sells generated power on a long-term basis to a local power distributor, TXU Energy, to supply approximately 30,000 homes in Texas. 50% of the Brazos Wind Farm is owned by Shell Wind Energy, Inc.Mitsui. [http://www.mitsui.com/us/en/release/2004/1191315_2033.html Mitsui USA's Advance in Wind Power Generation] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927230008/http://www.mitsui.com/us/en/release/2004/1191315_2033.html |date=September 27, 2011 }}
See also
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External links
- {{URL|https://www.ars.usda.gov/plains-area/lubbock-tx/cropping-systems-research-laboratory/wind-erosion-and-water-conservation-research/docs/llano/|Public domain photos of West Texas and the Llano Estacado}}
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Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 2003
Category:Buildings and structures in Borden County, Texas