ContFmPreviousPhoto => Professor Ken Smith, At Electrical Power Giant Windmill Constriction Site. .
12: 53 am Wed 14 Aug: ~10 Miles West of Ellendale, ND. …Professor Ken Smith had been assigned to write a newspaper article, to cover the North Dakota Governor’s Speech At One Of The New Windmill Constriction Sites.. He invited Henry Gurr to come see. ….This is one of the first Windmill Site we found. Professor Smith stopped here, because he wanted a photo of Construction In Progress. ….************** ….
Wind Generated Electrical Power in North Dakota, From Wikipedia. ….North Dakota is a leading U.S. state in wind power generation. Data from 2017 indicates that the state generates 26.8% of its electricity from wind, enough to power over one million homes. ….In the end of 2017, 2996 megawatts (MW) of generation capacity had been installed for wind power in North Dakota.[1] Additional capacity had been limited by transmission line constraints until the completion of a transmission line from Fargo to central Minnesota in 2015.[2] Additional wind farms have been planned for the state once again,[3] which led to a capacity of 3628 MW by 2019. ….Very favorable wind conditions in the state enable wind farms to achieve capacity factors in excess of 40 percent. The Thunder Spirit wind farm, completed in 2015, is expected to have a capacity factor greater than 45 percent.[ ….From Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power_in_North_Dakota ….************** ….
Cont Next.Photo => Driving West, Looking For Governor, At Electrical Power Generation Windmill Construction Sites, ~10 Miles West of Ellendale, ND.
Photo File = DSC_0655.… Posted 27 Oct 2020. Revised 28 Oct & 30 Oct & 24 Nov 2020.
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