Dry Lake Wind Power Project

Dry Lake Wind Power Project
Dry Lake Wind Power Project
Country	United States
Location	between Iberdrola Renewables
Operator(s)	Avangrid
Wind farm
Type	Onshore
Power generation
Units operational	61 turbines
Make and model	GW·h
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The Dry Lake Wind Power Project in

megawatts (MW), and is selling the electricity to the Salt River Power District

(SRP).

History

Around 2003, rancher Bill Elkins began working with developer John Gaglioti and Northern Arizona University scientists to erect measurement towers on his land to measure wind speeds. He studied the local power grid to determine the feasibility of connecting a wind farm. Navajo County and Iberdrola officials credit Gaglioti and Elkins with attracting the first wind farm to Arizona.^[1]

Project details

Phase 1 (34°39′36″N 110°17′03″W / 34.66000°N 110.28417°W / 34.66000; -110.28417) consists of 30

MWh annually. Depending on actual performance of phase 1, the company planned to install up to 209 more turbines in future construction phases.^[1]

Phase 2 (34°36′22″N 110°10′24″W / 34.60611°N 110.17333°W / 34.60611; -110.17333) consists of 31 additional Suzlon turbines for a combined nameplate capacity of 65.1 MW.^[3] The location of phase 2 is about seven miles (11 km) northwest of Snowflake and three miles (5 km) southeast of phase 1.^[4]

Electricity production

Dry Lake Wind Project Electricity Generation (
MW·h
)
Year	Dry Lake 1 (63 MW) ^[5]	Dry Lake 2 (65.1 MW) ^[6]	Total Annual MW·h
2009	29,545*	–	29,545
2010	118,777	16,139*	134,916
2011	124,401	124,330	248,731
2012	112,688	114,097	226,785
2013	107,393	110,934	218,327
2014	117,246	121,525	238,771
2015	104,882	107,261	212,143
2016	112,321	116,380	228,701
2017	123,484	127,022	250,506
Average Annual Production (years 2011-2017) --->			231,995
Average Capacity Factor (years 2011–2017) --->			20.7%

(*) partial year of operation

Environmental effect

According to the

carbon dioxide emissions.^[7]

Phase 1 of Dry Lake Wind Power Project would then eliminate:

${\frac {2,000,000{\mbox{ tons}}\times 63{\mbox{ MW}}}{1000{\mbox{ MW}}}}=126,000{\mbox{ tons}}$

of carbon dioxide, and save:

${\frac {818,000,000{\mbox{ gallons}}\times 63{\mbox{ MW}}}{1000{\mbox{ MW}}}}=51,534,000{\mbox{ gallons}}$

of water annually.

References

^
Arizona Republic
. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
^ "Dry Lake (US)". thewindpower.net. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
^ "Dry Lake II (US)". thewindpower.net. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
^ "SRP Buys Entire Output of Iberdrola Renewables' Dry Lake 2 Wind Power Project". businesswire.com. 2010-03-18. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
^ "Dry Lake 1, Annual". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
^ "Dry Lake 2, Annual". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
^ Lantz, Eric; Tegen, Suzanne (October 2008). "Economic Benefits, Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Reductions, and Water Conservation Benefits from 1,000 Megawatts (MW) of New Wind Power in Arizona" (PDF). EERE, NREL. DOE/GO-102008-2670. Archived from the original (PDF, 514kB) on 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2010-05-06.

External links

Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap

Download coordinates as:

[az_repub_2009-1] 
Arizona Republic
. Retrieved 2010-05-04.

[drylake1-2] "Dry Lake (US)". thewindpower.net. Retrieved 2019-04-28.

[drylake2-3] "Dry Lake II (US)". thewindpower.net. Retrieved 2019-04-28.

[phase_2-4] "SRP Buys Entire Output of Iberdrola Renewables' Dry Lake 2 Wind Power Project". businesswire.com. 2010-03-18. Retrieved 2019-04-28.

[5] "Dry Lake 1, Annual". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 2019-04-28.

[6] "Dry Lake 2, Annual". Electricity Data Browser. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 2019-04-28.

[NREL_IN_wind_benefits-7] Lantz, Eric; Tegen, Suzanne (October 2008). "Economic Benefits, Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Reductions, and Water Conservation Benefits from 1,000 Megawatts (MW) of New Wind Power in Arizona" (PDF). EERE, NREL. DOE/GO-102008-2670. Archived from the original (PDF, 514kB) on 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2010-05-06.

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