Roscoe Wind Farm

Roscoe Wind Farm
Roscoe Wind Farm
	Roscoe Wind Farm at sunrise
Country	United States
Location	Texas
Coordinates	32°15′52″N 100°20′39″W / 32.26444°N 100.34417°W
Status	Operational
Commission date	2009
Construction cost	>US$1 billion
Owner(s)	RWE AG;
Wind farm
Type	Onshore
Rated wind speed	17 mph (27 km/h)
Power generation
Units operational	627
Nameplate capacity	781.5 MW
Capacity factor	31.7% (average 2011-2017)
Annual net output	2,174 GW⋅h (7,830 TJ)
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The Roscoe Wind Farm near Roscoe, Texas is one of the world's largest-capacity wind farms. With 627 wind turbines and a total installed capacity of 781.5 MW, owned and operated by RWE.^[1]^[2] At the time of its completion in 2009, it was the largest wind farm in the world, surpassing the nearby 735.5-megawatt Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center.^[3] In 2012, it was overtaken by California's 1,020-megawatt Alta Wind Energy Center.

^ Weise, Elizabeth; Jervis, Rick (October 18, 2019). "Turbines to the max: Texas produces more wind energy than nearly anywhere else in the world". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
^ "The Roscoe Wind Farm Project, Texas, USA". www.power-technology.com. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
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[1] Weise, Elizabeth; Jervis, Rick (October 18, 2019). "Turbines to the max: Texas produces more wind energy than nearly anywhere else in the world". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2019-10-19.

[2] "The Roscoe Wind Farm Project, Texas, USA". www.power-technology.com. Retrieved 2020-10-21.

[reut-3] Cite error: The named reference reut was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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