Construction Complete on 343-megawatt Lower Snake River Wind Farm

[txlibdem]

Construction Complete on Lower Snake River Wind Farm at Pomeroy, WA (Business Wire)
Date Posted: September 7, 2011

Pomeroy, WA--Puget Sound Energy has erected the last of 149 wind turbines that will power the utility’s 343-megawatt Lower Snake River Wind Project-Phase I in southeast Washington.

The milestone came six months after PSE crews began the project’s turbine-assembly work.

Crews now are focused on finishing the construction of two large substations and eight miles of high-voltage transmission lines that will send the wind facility’s electricity to a nearby Bonneville Power Administration substation. From there, the renewable energy will move onto the region’s electric grid.

http://www.windtoday.net/articles/Construction_Complete_on_Lower_Snake_River_Wind_Farm_at_Pomeroy__WA___Business_Wire_-113709.html

Read the article for more info, an interesting tidbit was that the winds in that area are so strong that construction was halted 79 times due to high winds.

Now *that's* where we want to put a wind farm!

PS, it took them 6 months from beginning to end. That's pretty darn good.

[brewens]

1. I was just out there doing a blood drive. Good crew. One thing

is it's also in an area with some mostly unremarkable scenery. Nothing bad about the area, but not the highlight of anyone's trip through the inland northwest. Excellent place for it.

[txlibdem]

2. You're definitely right about the area

Wind energy is the best use for that part of the state. According to wind maps there are several areas in Washington State that would be perfect for wind farms, just need to tie into a high voltage (or a DC) grid to share all that power with other parts of the state or other states.