101MW Pennsylvania wind farm now operational

January 7, 2010

A new 67-turbine wind farm has started generating power in Pennsylvania, providing 101 megawatts (MW) of capacity.

Virginia-based wind developers AES Wind Generation said the Armenia Mountain Wind Farm was one of the largest in the Commonwealth.

The wind farm in the north central region of Pennsylvania, in Tioga and Bradford Counties, uses 1.5MW-rated GE SLE wind turbines.

Power generated by the facility will be sold to Delmarva Power & Light and the Old Dominion Electric Cooperative, split 50-50, each under 15-year power purchase agreements through the PJM Interconnection electricity market.

Marty Crotty, President of AES Wind Generation, said, “Armenia Mountain is our first wind project in PJM Interconnection, which we continue to see as an important market in our U.S. strategy. We look forward to developing new projects in the region.”

AES Wind Generation, which developed the wind farm using construction contractor RES Americas Construction, continues to own and operate the Armenia Mountain facility.

Part of global power company AES Corporation, the company said it had increased its global operating capacity by 166MW in 2009, to 1,447MW total.