The World's First Multi-Megawatt Wind Farm : Construction of the MOD-2 Wind Turbine Generators at the Goodnoe Hills, Washington to Evaluate a New Source of Renewable Energy.
The three MOD-2 wind turbines at the Goodnoe Hills near Goldendale, Washington, make up the first multi-megawatt electric power wind farm in the world. They are part of a great experiment, which, if it succeeds, may launch a new age of wind power development. The MOD-2 is a research and development project with considerable research costs and one-of-a-kind construction costs in its budget. It does not generate power as cheaply as a coal or nuclear plant. But future wind turbines based on the MOD-2 design or similar designs may. The success of the MOD-2 design will help realize the goal of cost-competitive power generation from the wind. This booklet reviews some of the events which brought the MOD-2 installation at the Goodnoe Hills into being, and briefly describes the components of the wind machines and elements of the research test program.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, OR
- OSTI ID:
- 6443464
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/BP-653; ON: DE87001327
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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