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Northwest Wind Ohio
Haviland, Ohio
Performance
With rotors measuring 116 meters in diameter installed on 90-meter towers, the facility’s wind turbines are engineered for efficient energy production in winds as low as 3m/s (7mph).
Capacity
320,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of renewable energy per year—enough to power ~30,000 Ohio homes
Planet
Carbon offset is about equivalent to planting more than 6.1 million trees
Overview
Northwest Ohio Wind consists of 42 GE Vernova 2.5 MWAC -116 wind turbines with a project nameplate capacity of 105-megawatts. The project achieved commercial operation in September 2018. The wind turbines are located on 10,000 acres in Ohio’s Paulding County, near Haviland.
Solutions
After Starwood Energy Group Global (Starwood) completed construction, NorthStar Clean Energy commissioned the Northwest Ohio Wind project. The 10,000-acre farmland area is well suited for wind energy generation and is expected to minimally impact neighbors, wildlife and the environment.
General Electric operates and maintains the Northwest Ohio Wind project on NorthStar Clean Energy’s behalf with oversight from the NorthStar Clean Energy team.
Power generated flows from the wind turbines into American Electric Power (AEP) Ohio’s Haviland Substation and the PJM Interconnection system.
The Northwest Ohio Wind project naturally fit with NorthStar Clean Energy’s growing renewable energy portfolio and capabilities, including:
- Our position as a long-term, successful power plant owner-operator.
- NorthStar Clean Energy parent CMS Energy’s longstanding relationship with General Motors.
- Enabling capture of available state and federal tax credits and other benefits.
- Funding of development costs.
- Long-term, 15-year renewable energy purchase agreement with General Motors.
Key Goals & Results
Enabling General Motors to use renewable energy to power 20 percent of its facilities globally, demonstrating General Motors’ commitment to meeting its goal of 100 percent renewables by 2050. Adding about $27 million in tax payments to the local community over the life of the project.
Contributing about $26 million in landowner payments over the life of the project, in support of the local economy.
Employing local professionals and tradespeople (comprising more than 50 percent of the wind park’s workforce) to construct and maintain the facility.
