Shirley Wind

OperatingWind

Ranked #10 of 13 Wind plants in WI#1103 of 1444 nationally

20 MW Wind operating in Brown, WI — Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..

EIAGEMWD

20 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

unit

Onshore Wind Turbine

Technology

2010

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

44.3481, -87.9278

County

Brown, WI

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Status

as of 9y 8m ago

Project statusOperationalWisconsin Farmer · 2016-09-19

Ownership & Operator

Field	EIA	GEM	Wikidata
Operator	Duke Energy Renewables Services	Duke Energy	—
Owner(s)	Duke Energy Renewables Services	Duke Energy	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

CompanyDuke Energy RenewablesGreen Bay Press-Gazette · 2016-01-30

About

Shirley Wind is a wind farm in the Shirley section of Glenmore, Brown County, Wisconsin. The site, which opened in 2011, includes eight Nordex 2.5 (MW) wind turbines, each about 500 feet (150 m) tall. Originally developed by Emerging Energies LLC, it is owned by Duke Energy.

Read more on Wikipedia

Shirley Wind is a 20 MW wind power plant located in Brown County, Wisconsin. The plant began operating in 2010 and is owned by Duke Energy. Duke Energy Renewables Services is the operator. The facility consists of a single generator utilizing onshore wind turbine technology. It ranks as the 10th largest wind farm in Wisconsin out of 13, and 1079th nationally out of 1424.

The plant uses Nordex N100 wind turbines, which have a rotor diameter of 100 meters and a hub height of 100 meters. In its most recent year of operation, Shirley Wind generated 59,500 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 33.9%. The plant is located within the Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator (MISO) balancing authority, and the NERC reliability region is MRO.

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