Somerset Wind Farm

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The Somerset Wind Farm is a wind farm in Somerset County, Pennsylvania with six GE 1.5 MW Wind Turbines that began commercial operation in October 2001. The wind farm has a combined total nameplate capacity of 9 MW, and produces about 25,000 megawatt-hours of electricity annually, which is roughly a 30% capacity factor.[http://www.exeloncorp.com/ourcompanies/powergen/fossil/renewables/somerset_wind_farm.htm Exelon | Somerset Wind Farm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070405141130/http://www.exeloncorp.com/ourcompanies/powergen/fossil/renewables/somerset_wind_farm.htm |date=2007-04-05 }} The wind farm was constructed by NextEra Energy Resources, based in Florida.[http://www.pawindenergynow.org/pa/farms.html Wind Farms in Pennsylvania] Pennsylvania Wind Working Group, accessed March 1, 2010.

The wind farm is just one-half mile ({{convert|.5|mi|disp=output only}}) south of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, which makes its {{convert|215|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}}[http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/article.php?id=453 Penn Announces Largest U.S. Wind-Energy Purchase] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091129100548/http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/article.php?id=453 |date=2009-11-29 }} towers easily visible to turnpike travelers.[http://www.horizonwind.com/projects/whatwevedone/somerset.aspx Welcome to Horizon Wind Energy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218035507/http://www.horizonwind.com/projects/whatwevedone/somerset.aspx |date=2007-02-18 }}