AMAZON BUYS BIG WIND

Amazon backs NC’s 1st large-scale wind farm

John Murawski, July 13, 2015 (The News & Observer)

Iberdrola Renewables is breaking ground on the 208 MW Amazon Wind Farm U.S. East installation in North Carolina, the first in the state and the first large scale wind energy development to go into construction across the nine states of the Southeast. The output of the $400 million, 104 turbine project, estimated to be enough to power 60,000 homes, has been contracted for by Amazon Web Services and is expected to go online by the end of 2016. It is expected to provide 250 construction jobs and 10 full time jobs…Resource maps released earlier this year by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory showed the impact of turbine technology on the viability of wind in the Southeast…Today’s turbines, with 110 meter hub heights, show some power but turbine manufacturers’ plans for wind technology in the coming 5 years to 10 years, with hub heights going to 140 meters, are expected to provide a 35% or higher capacity factor in the Southeast. click here for more

click to enlarge

Tweet