Spring Valley Wind Farm is Nevada's first wind farm. The farm is owned and operated by Pattern Energy. The facility is located in Spring Valley, northwest of Great Basin National Park and approximately 30 miles (48 km) east of Ely, Nevada.

2023年10月2日 · It will be almost twice the size of the Spring Valley Wind Farm near Ely, Nevada’s first wind project, which averaged 313MW over its first six years since coming online in 2012. By setting aside the land, the BLM prevents new mining claims from interfering with project review or development.

2023年10月3日 · The US Bureau of Land Management has set aside 70,000 acres of public land for what will become Nevada's largest wind farm.

Spring Valley Wind is a $300 million investment that is helping the state diversify generation sources and reach its renewable energy goals. The site utilizes 66 American-made Siemens Gamesa 2.3 MW turbines, with blades manufactured in Iowa and nacelles from Kansas, to harness energy from the wind.

2020年5月21日 · Located southeast of Ely in White Pine County, the 66-turbine facility is Nevada's only commercial wind farm. Each rotor blade is 160 feet long — roughly the length of half a football field."; Nevada is a big player in renewable energy.

The United States Wind Turbine Database (USWTDB) provides the locations of land-based and offshore wind turbines in the United States, corresponding wind project information, and turbine technical specifications.

As of 2016 Nevada has just 152 MW installed in one farm, the Spring Valley Wind project, which commenced operation in 2012. [3] [4] Wind power was responsible for 0.9% of in-state electricity produced in 2016.

2018年3月15日 · The Bureau of Land Management has agreed to conduct an environmental review of a Swedish developer’s proposal to build as many as 220 wind turbines across a 22-mile swath of the Nevada-California...

2025年1月30日 · Once the wind farm is in place, it can keep spinning for decades and then be replaced with new turbines on the same land, whereas oil production moves on once one site is exhausted.

2025年1月7日 · Trump Promises to End New Wind Farms. Wind energy is one of the fastest growing and cheapest forms of electricity in the United States. The president-elect calls it “garbage.”