Traveling through Ellenesburg, Chateaugay and Brainardsville NY I came across Maple Ridge Wind Farm.
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| Wind Turbines Growing Out of the Corn! |
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| Farming Wind. |
Did a little research and learned:
Maple Ridge I Wind Farm, co-developed and co-owned with Iberdrola Renewables, is located about 75 miles northeast of Syracuse, New York. Phase I has an installed capacity of 231 MW - enough to power approximately 64,000 homes each year. The wind farm, which achieved commercial operation in June 2006, consists 140 Vestas V82 1.65 MW turbines. The wind farm’s electricity flows into the New York energy grid. Renewable Energy Credits are contracted to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
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| A Sea of Turbines. |
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| Harvesting wind and hay |
Also got to see it at dusk!
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| Beautiful at dusk also. |
