Granite Reliable Wind Farm

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| country = United States

| location = Coos County, New Hampshire

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| construction_began = February 2011

| commissioned = December 2011

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| owner = Brookfield Renewable

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| ps_units_operational = 33

| ps_units_manu_model = Vestas: V90-3.0 MW

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| ps_electrical_capacity = 99 MW

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Granite Reliable Wind Farm is a 99-megawatt wind farm, opened in 2011 in Millsfield and Dixville, New Hampshire, in the northeast United States. Owned by Brookfield Renewable, it is the second major wind-power installation in the state of New Hampshire. Most of the electricity generated will be sold to utilities in Vermont, Central Vermont Public Service and Green Mountain Power.[http://www.earthtechling.com/2011/09/168-9m-granite-reliable-doe-loan-guarantee-finalized/ $168.9M Granite Reliable DOE Loan Guarantee Finalized] Power from the wind turbines is connected through three 34.5 kV lines to a substation and from there through a 115 kV line.[http://www.hoopercorp.com/images/GraniteReliable.pdf Granite Reliable Wind Farm, NH]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The wind farm was constructed by Madison, Wisconsin-based RMT Inc.[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-23/brookfield-renewable-picks-rmt-to-build-new-hampshire-s-largest-wind-farm.html Brookfield Picks RMT to Build New Hampshire’s Largest Wind Farm]

Located in Millsfield and Dixville, in Coos County, it has 33 V90-3.0 MW Vestas turbines wind turbines, in four sections, with seven wind turbines on Dixville Peak, eight located on Mount Kelsey, six on Owlhead Mountain, and 12 wind turbines along Fishbrook Ridge. It was originally developed by Noble Energy, and sold to Brookfield.

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