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World’s Largest Wind Farm to Be Built in the US
By BC Upham
December 14th, 2009
The use of wind turbines, would leads to the reduction of burning fossil fuels which the pollute the air. The reduction of greenhouse admissions then leads to global warming which causes animals to adapt or move due to the moving climate. The extinction of animals due to global warming reduces the biodiversity in the region which therefore relates to miller.
The enormous Wind farm will be built in Oregon.
Caithness Energy will begin construction next year in Oregon on the world’s biggest wind farm, with 845 MW of capacity. The Shepherd’s Flat wind farm will utilize 338 of General Electrics next-generation 2.5 MW turbines (its 1.5 MW model is the world’s most popular, with 12,000 in use) spread out across 30 square miles of terrain just south of the Columbia River in north-central Oregon. The farm is predicted to generate about 2 billion kilowatt-hours per year, enough power for 235,000 homes. The $2 billion project will generate about 400 jobs during construction, and 35 running the farm, according to New York-based Caithness. General Electric will also provide ten years of maintenance for its turbines as part of its $1.4 billion contract.
kilowatt-- a unit of power, equal to 1000 watts.
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