First 100% Wind-electricity powered City - over 2 years ago

Rock Port, a town of 1,395 in North West Missouri, was the first U.S. town to get all its electricity from wind power. The $90 million Loess Hills Wind Farm, was built by St. Louis-based Wind Capital Group and the John Deere Corp.
When fully operational, the four Suzlon 1.25 MW S-64 wind turbines will have the capacity to generate 16 million kilowatt hours a year. Historically, Rock Port electrical customers use approximately 13 million KwH annually.
In fact, the farm is producing enough energy to power a second town of Rock Port’s size. Missouri Joint Municipal Utilities (MJMU) will buy excess power from the farm, expected to eventually generate 16 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year.
As part of this powerpurchase agrreement MJMU will supply Rock Port’s power needs when the wind turbines are not generating at capacity.
The $90 million Loess Hills Wind Farm, built by the Wind Capital Group generates five megawatts each day, more than enough for this town of 1,300. The wind farm consists of four Suzlon 1.25-megawatt wind turbines.

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