"To move ahead with wind projects in the Northwest, BPA needed a way to share the up front costs with people and businesses who cared about renewable energy. When BEF created its Green Tag product in 2000, we had the tool we needed to become one of the country's largest wholesalers of new wind energy. BEF deserves recognition for this contribution -- from us, from the region, and from the national renewable energy community."
- Steve Wright, Chief Executive Officer, Bonneville Power Administration |
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Project Partners:
Northwestern Wind Power Inc., Bonneville Power Administration |
Location:
Sherman County, OR
(9 miles south of the Columbia River and 7 miles east of Wasco, OR) |
Capacity:
99 MW (24 MW in Phase I, and 75 MW in Phase II) |
Type of Power:
Wind |
Placed into Service:
December 2001 (Phase I);
October 2005 (Phase II)
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Project Links:
Bonneville Power Administration - Klondike |
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The Klondike project site is privately owned farmland, currently used for dryland wheat farming. Agricultural activities can take plce next to the turbine foundation pads. The Klondike wind project generates enough energy to serve 6,126 homes, nearly the number of homes in the city of Pendleton, Oregon.
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Product Supplied: |
Supplies BEF Renewable Energy Certificates.
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The Klondike facility consists of 16 General Electric turbines, producing 1.5-MW each. Klondike II added 50 more General Electric turbines. The turbines are about 213 feet tall at the turbine hub, and about 328 feet tall including the turbine blades. |
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