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Ross Island — 1 MW Wind

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Ross Island is a 1 MW wind power plant located in Antarctica. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
1 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2009

Year online

Owner
Meridian Energy

Operator

Location
-77.84, 166.73

Coordinates

Insights

#2
largest in %s
#5,487
largest %s worldwide
#37,568
largest worldwide
2009
%d yrs older than avg
12
operated by %s
1
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Wind
Capacity
1 MW
Commissioned
2009
Status
Operational
Owner
Meridian Energy
Country
ATA
Coordinates
-77.843, 166.727

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
29 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
723 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
11 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

6
cars / year
4
homes / year
1,314
trees to offset

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

Nearby Stations

McMurdo Station Generator

Antarctica · Oil

7MW · 1981

About this plant

Ross Island is a 1 MW wind power plant in Antarctica, operated by Meridian Energy and commissioned in 2009.

Ranked #1 of 1 wind plant in Antarctica, Ross Island’s 1 MW represents 100% of Antarctica’s total wind capacity of 1 MW. The largest wind plant in Antarctica is Ross Island at 1 MW, making it the only facility of its kind.

The nearest plant is the McMurdo Station Generator (6.6 MW, Oil). Ross Island is located in the Ross Dependency region of Antarctica, approximately 1,500 km from the nearest inhabited location.

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