Beaver Ridge Wind is a 4.5 megawatt (MW), 3-turbine wind project located in Freedom, Maine. The project was commissioned in November 2008 as the second operational wind farm in Maine and the first in Central Maine Power service territory. It is the first wind farm in New England financed by a single individual, Jay Cashman. With a combined nameplate capacity of 4,500 kilowatts, our three General Electric 1.5 MW wind turbines produce approximately 12,500,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of emission-free electricity each year,
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enough to power about 2,000 homes (based on 500 kWh per home per month). Beaver Ridge Wind is owned and operated as a partnership between Patriot Renewables, LLC and MIRSAP1, LLC. It was built by Eco Industries, LLC, an affiliate of Jay Cashman, Inc.
During its first two years of operation, the Beaver Ridge Wind capacity factor exceeded 33%. This means that the plant produced on average over 33% of its nameplate capacity, even though the wind doesn’t blow all the time. This number takes into account energy used by the turbines when the wind is not blowing (parasitic draw).
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