NaturEner Rim Rock Energy

OperatingWind

Ranked #6 of 25 Wind plants in MT#388 of 1444 nationally

189 MW Wind operating in Toole, MT — NaturEner Wind Watch, LLC

EIAGEMWD

189 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

unit

Onshore Wind Turbine

Technology

2012

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

48.8203, -112.1033

County

Toole, MT

Ownership & Operator

Field	EIA	GEM	Wikidata
Operator	NaturEner Rim Rock Energy LLC	Acciona	—
Owner(s)	NaturEner Rim Rock Energy LLC	NaturEner	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

GEM identifies the owner as NaturEner

This entity is not yet in the GEM ownership database — chain unavailable.

DeveloperNaturEnerUtility Dive · 2013-12-26

About

Rim Rock Wind Farm is located near Cut Bank, Montana. Owned by NaturEner, this $370 million, 189 megawatt (MW) wind farm has been operational since 2012, and is Montana's largest wind-producing facility to be built in a single phase.

Read more on Wikipedia

NaturEner Rim Rock Energy is a 189 MW wind power plant located in Toole County, Montana. The plant began operating in 2012 and is owned and operated by NaturEner Rim Rock Energy LLC. It utilizes a single generator consisting of onshore wind turbine technology. The facility ranks as the 6th largest of 11 wind plants in Montana, and 381st nationally out of 734 wind plants.

The plant's turbines are manufactured by Acciona, model AW77/1500, with a rotor diameter of 77 meters and a hub height of 80 meters. In the most recent year of data, the plant generated 525,495 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 31.7%. The balancing authority for the plant is NaturEner Wind Watch, LLC, and it is located within the WECC NERC region.

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