Commercial Wind Projects
- Judith Gap Energy Center is a 135 MW facility north of Harlowton that started commercial operation in 2006. Power from the 90 GE 1.5 MW wind turbines is sold to NorthWestern Energy under a 20-year power purchase agreement with Invenergy.
- NaturEner USA is a San Francisco and Spain-based company operating the Glacier Wind Farm I and II outside of Shelby. The wind farm was built in two phases with a total capacity of 210 MW from 140 Acciona 1.5 MW turbines. The first phase went into service at the end of 2008. Rim Rock, a farm of 189 MW, is planned at a site about 25 miles north of the Glacier installation.
- Horseshoe Bend Wind Park is a 9 MW project with six GE 1.5 MW urbines, located just west of Great Falls International Airport. It went on-line in 2006. The project sells 5 MW of electricity to Idaho Power on contract, with United Materials of Great Falls using the remainder.
- Diamond Willow Wind Farm near Baker is operated by Montana-Dakota Utilities (MDU). The first phase began commercial operation in 2008. Its initial capacity was 19.5 MW, expanded to 30 MW in 2010, for a total of 20 General Electric 1.5 MW turbines.
- Two Dot Wind has four farms between Martinsdale and Two Dot with a total capacity of 3.8 MW. These are Qualifying Facilities providing power to NorthWestern Energy.
The installed wind capacity of the United States is summarized here.
