Wind Turbine Facts

Manufactured by GE in Tehachapi, California, the Colorado Green Project’s 1.5 MW turbines are the largest wind turbines assembled in the United States.

The Colorado Green Project is expected to produce enough wind-generated electricity to serve about 52,000 average American homes.

Turbine Height:  328 feet – taller than a 32-story building!

Over 294 cubic yards of concrete was used to complete each of the Project’s wind turbine foundations – that’s more than 47,400 tons to complete all 108 foundations, or 4,741 full concrete truckloads.

The Project’s wind turbines make one revolution every 2 to 3 seconds.

Each Colorado Green wind turbine blade is 112 feet long. A rotor is composed of three blades and has a diameter of 231 feet – 10% longer than the wingspan of a Boeing 747-400 jumbo jet.

Wind power provides insurance against volatility in natural gas prices, because the cost of power from a wind farm is stable over time and not affected by swings in fuel prices.

How does it work?

The rotor blades of a wind turbine work somewhat like the wings of an airplane.  As air passes over the specially designed blades “lift” is created. This lift, in turn, sends the blades spinning in a circular motion, which drives an electric generator.  When winds reach about 8 miles per hour, the rotor is engaged and the wind turbine begins producing power.

The back ground painting of the wind farm was done by local artist, Patsy Oxley, all rights reserved.