Invenergy and GE Renewable Energy have begun commercial operations at the 998 MW Traverse Wind Energy Center, located in north-central Oklahoma, US.
Featuring 356 turbines, the wind power facility covers Blaine and Custer counties and is claimed to be the largest wind farm to be built in a single phase in North America.
The project is planned to produce 3.8m MWh of electricity per year to meet the needs of customers in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana.
Through its subsidiary Invenergy Services, Invenergy will provide operations and maintenance, energy management and asset management services to the wind farm for a period of 10 years.
Traverse is the final among three wind projects developed by Invenergy for American Electric Power (AEP) to become commercially operational.
The earlier two wind projects include the operational 199MW Sundance Wind Energy Center and the 287MW Mavericks Wind Energy Center.
Jointly referred to as the North Central Energy Facilities, the three wind energy projects are expected to have a total capacity of 1,484MW, which is enough to power 440,000 households.
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