Shepherds Flat Wind Farm

Shepherds Flat Wind Farm
Country	United States
Location	Near Arlington, Oregon
Coordinates	45°42′N 120°06′W / 45.7°N 120.1°W / 45.7; -120.1
Status	Operational
Construction began	2009
Commission date	2012
Owner(s)	Sumitomo Corporation of Americas Tyr Energy Caithness Energy GE Google
Wind farm
Type	Onshore
Rotor diameter	100 m (330 ft)
Power generation
Units operational	338 × 2.5 MW
Make and model	GE Wind Energy 2.5xl (338)
Nameplate capacity	845 MW
Capacity factor	22.7% (average 2013-2017)
Annual net output	1,677 GW·h
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The Shepherds Flat Wind Farm is an 845 megawatt (MW) wind farm in the eastern part of U.S. state of Oregon, near Arlington, in both Gilliam and Morrow counties. Groundbreaking occurred in 2009, and it officially opened in September 2012.

The wind farm was built by Caithness Energy using General Electric GE2.5XL 2.5 MW wind turbines, and it supplies electricity to Southern California Edison. The wind farm is estimated to have an economic impact of $16 million annually for Oregon. It is one of the largest land-based wind farms in the world.