United States

Luverne Wind Energy Center — 50 MW Wind

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Luverne Wind Energy Center is a 50 MW wind power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
50 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2009

Year online

Owner
Otter Tail Power Co

Operator

Location
47.33, -97.90

Coordinates

Insights

#2,994
largest in %s
#1,359
largest %s worldwide
#13,645
largest worldwide
2009
%d yrs older than avg
10
operated by %s
12
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Wind
Capacity
50 MW
Commissioned
2009
Status
Operational
Owner
Otter Tail Power Co
Country
United States
Coordinates
47.327, -97.898

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
1,431 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
35,774 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
11 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

311
cars / year
191
homes / year
65,043
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Luverne Wind Energy Center is a 49.5 MW wind power plant in the United States, operated by Otter Tail Power Co since 2009.

Ranked #640 of 1142 wind plants in the United States. Its 49.5 MW represents 0.05% of the United States’ total wind capacity of 105,842 MW. The largest wind plant in the United States is Alta Wind VIII at 1,547 MW, making Luverne Wind Energy Center 31 times smaller.

Nearby plants include FPL Energy Ashtabula Wind LLC (148.5 MW, Wind), Ashtabula Wind II LLC (120 MW, Wind), and Ashtabula Wind III LLC (62.4 MW, Wind). The facility is located in Minnesota, approximately 50 km southwest of Minneapolis.

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