Commercial Wind Projects
Montana
- Judith Gap Energy Center is a 135 MW facility north of Harlowton. Power from the 90 GE 1.5 MW wind turbines is sold to NorthWestern Energy under a 20-year power purchase agreement.
- NaturEner Project USA is a San Francisco and Spain-based company. NaturEner USA, put into service the Glacier Wind Farm outside of Shelby in Fall 2009. The wind farm was built in two phases and now supplies 210 MW of wind energy at full production. San Diego Gas and Electric contracts for some of the power. A third farm, Rim Rock, is planned by NaturEner at a site about 25 miles north of the Glacier installation.
- Horseshoe Bend Wind Park is a 9 MW project with six GE turbines, located just west of Great Falls International Airport. The project sells 5 MW of electricity to Idaho Power on contract, with United Materials of Great Falls using the remainder.
- Diamond Willow Wind Farm near Baker is operated by Montana-Dakota Utilities (MDU) and came online in 2008. Its capacity is 19.5 MW.
A review of proposed commercial wind farms in Montana is available through the Governor's Office of Economic Development.
Regional
- Centennial Wind Power Facility is a 150 MW facility 25 kilometers southeast of Swift Current. It consists of 83 Vestas V80 wind turbines, each capable of generating up to 1.8 MW of power.
- Cowley Ridge, near Pincher Creek, Alberta, just north of Glacier Park. The plant has 57 375 kW machines and 20 1.3 MW machines, for a total capacity of 47.4 MW.
- Foote Creek Rim, west of Laramie, Wyoming. The plant has 133 turbines, for a total capacity of 85 MW.
- Magrath Wind Power Project consists of 20 GE 1.5 MW turbines, with a total capacity of 30 MW. It is located about 20 miles southwest of Lethbridge, Alberta.
- Stateline Project is a 300 MW facility near Walla Walla, WA, using Vestas 660 kW machines.
- Sunbridge Wind Power Project consists of 17 Vestas 660 kW turbines, with a total capacity of 11.2 MW. The project occupies four sections of land near Gull Lake, Saskatchewan, about 25 miles southwest of Swift Current.
- Vision Quest has almost 200 MW of turbines at several locations in the Pincher Creek-Fort Macleod, Alberta area north of Glacier Park.
- Wind Projects around the United States.
Pincher Creek Wind Photos
- Castle River Photo Gallery (660 kW Vestas) The pictures were taken by Paul Cartwright, Montana Department of Environmental Quality, Larry Flowers, National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Bob Harrington, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation.
- Cowley Ridge Photo Gallery (1.3 MW Nordex) The pictures were taken by Paul Cartwright, Montana Department of Environmental Quality and Bob Harrington, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation.
