Massachusetts_Military_Reservation_Wind_Project
Massachusetts Military Reservation Wind Project
Wind turbines
The Massachusetts Military Reservation Wind Project is located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts on the Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR), also known as the Joint Base Cape Cod. This Wind Project currently consists of one wind turbine, built in 2009, and two others recently completed in 2011. The first turbine was a Fuhrländer 1500/77 wind turbine with an 80-meter (260 ft) tower and a 77-meter (253 ft) rotor diameter.[1][2] The two completed in 2011 were General Electric wind turbines. Each of these GE 1.5-77 wind turbines outputs 1.5 MW of power on top of an 80-meter (260 ft) tall tower.[3] Therefore, the total net capacity for the MMR Wind project is approximately 4.5 MW. Clearance may soon become available to build more turbines. (See the “New Turbines” section below for more information). The contracting company hired to build all three of the turbines is called ECC Corporate, and the plant code and utility ID of the facility are 57253 and 56619, respectively.[4]