Adams Wind Farm is a 147.2MW onshore wind power project. It is located in Iowa, the US. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in January 2016.
| Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Onshore | 147.2 | 147.2 | – | Active | Iowa, the US | MidAmerican Energy |
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Description
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The project is developed and owned by MidAmerican Energy.
The project cost is $268.017m.
Development Status
The project is currently active. The project got commissioned in January 2016.
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By GlobalDataPower Purchase Agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to MidAmerican Energy under a power purchase agreement.
Contractors Involved
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy was selected as the turbine supplier for the wind power project. The company provided 64 units of SWT-2.3-108 turbines, each with 2.3MW nameplate capacity.
The wind power project consists of Concrete towers supplied by Siemens. These towers are around 115m high.
About MidAmerican Energy
MidAmerican Energy Co (MidAmerican Energy), a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, is a regulated electric and natural gas utility company that carries out the generation, transmission and distribution and selling of electricity and natural gas. It caters to a diverse clientele comprising of urban and rural residential customers as well as commercial and industrial customers. MidAmerican Energy provides services to industries related to processing and sales of food products; farm and other non-electrical machinery; manufacturing, processing and fabrication of primary metals; real estate; electronic data storage; cement and gypsum products; and government. It sells electricity to markets operated by RTOs and natural gas to other utilities and market participants on a wholesale basis. The company has operations in Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska and South Dakota states in the US. MidAmerican Energy is headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, the US.
Methodology
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