Granite Reliable Wind Farm

Granite Reliable Wind Farm
Location of Granite Reliable Wind Farm in New Hampshire
Country United States
Location Coos County, New Hampshire
Coordinates 44°47′N 71°19′W / 44.783°N 71.317°W / 44.783; -71.317Coordinates: 44°47′N 71°19′W / 44.783°N 71.317°W / 44.783; -71.317
Status Operational
Construction began February 2011
Commission date December 2011
Owner(s) Brookfield Renewable
Wind farm
Type Onshore
Power generation
Units operational 33
Make and model Vestas: V90-3.0 MW
Nameplate capacity 99 MW

Granite Reliable Wind Farm is a 99-megawatt wind farm, opened in 2011 in Millsfield and Dixville, New Hampshire, in the northeast United States. Owned by Brookfield Renewable, it is the second major wind-power installation in the state of New Hampshire. Most of the electricity generated will be sold to utilities in Vermont, Central Vermont Public Service and Green Mountain Power.[1] Power from the wind turbines is connected through three 34.5 kV lines to a substation and from there through a 115 kV line.[2] The wind farm was constructed by Madison, Wisconsin-based RMT Inc.[3]

Located in Millsfield and Dixville, in Coos County, it has 33 V90-3.0 MW Vestas turbines wind turbines, in four sections, with seven wind turbines on Dixville Peak, eight located on Mount Kelsey, six on Owlhead Mountain, and 12 wind turbines along Fishbrook Ridge. It was originally developed by Noble Energy, and sold to Brookfield.

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