United States

Buffalo Mountain — 2 MW Wind

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Buffalo Mountain is a 2 MW wind power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
2 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2000

Year online

Owner
Tennessee Valley Authority

Operator

Location
36.12, -84.34

Coordinates

Insights

#8,511
largest in United States of America
#5,299
largest Wind worldwide
#35,025
largest worldwide
2000
12 yrs older than avg
60
operated by Tennessee Valley Authority
27
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Wind
Capacity
2 MW
Commissioned
2000
Status
Operational
Owner
Tennessee Valley Authority
Country
United States
Coordinates
36.121, -84.339

Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
52 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
1,301 t

over ~25 yrs

Intensity
11 g

Est. gCO2/kWh

Annual emissions equivalent to

11
cars per year
7
homes per year
2,365
trees to offset

Renewable source — life-cycle emissions only (materials/construction), no direct combustion. Open calculator

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About this plant

Buffalo Mountain is a 1.8 MW wind power plant in the United States, operated by Tennessee Valley Authority since 2000.

Ranked #1060 of 1,142 wind plants in the United States, it represents 0.0017% of the total wind capacity of 105,842 MW. The largest wind plant in the United States is Alta Wind VIII at 1,547 MW, making Buffalo Mountain 859 times smaller.

Nearby plants include Kingston (1,700 MW, Coal), Bull Run (950 MW, Coal), and Fort Loudoun (153.3 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in Tennessee, approximately 50 km northwest of Knoxville.

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