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Portland General Electric's New Wind Farm Contributes to Record-high Wind Generation for Oregon Customers

PR Newswire ·  02:20

The Clearwater Wind Energy Center helped PGE generate more than one gigawatt of power
from wind sources alone for the first time in company history

PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In its first ten months serving PGE customers, the Clearwater Wind Energy Center contributed to new records for PGE wind generation, including helping the company produce one gigawatt of power from wind sources alone – a new milestone. One gigawatt (or 1,000 megawatts) is enough electricity to power the equivalent of 830,000 homes, or about half the number of homes in Oregon.

PGE's weekly maximum wind generation from owned and contracted facilities, before and after Clearwater's addition. (Source: Portland General Electric)
PGE owns 208 megawatts of the Clearwater Wind Energy Center and purchases an additional 103 megawatts through a Power Purchase Agreement, supplying customers a total of 311 megawatts. (Source: Portland General Electric)
The Clearwater Wind Energy Center is operated by a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources. During construction, the project created up to 350 jobs. (Source: Portland General Electric)
The Clearwater Wind Energy Center delivers higher levels of production in the winter and summer - periods of peak demand for Oregon customers. (Source: Portland General Electric)
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