Amazon Wind Farm Texas
Country	United States
Location	Scurry County
Coordinates	32°51′50″N 100°58′30″W / 32.8639°N 100.975°W / 32.8639; -100.975
Status	Operational
Commission date	2017
Construction cost	$493.4 million (2017)
Wind farm
Type	Onshore
Rotor diameter	116 m (381 ft)
Power generation
Units operational	110 × 2.3 MW
Make and model	GE Renewable Energy 2.3-116 (110)
Nameplate capacity	253 MW
Capacity factor	44.67 %
Annual net output	990,097 MW h (2019)
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Amazon Wind Farm Texas is a 253 megawatt wind farm in Scurry County, Texas.^[1] The farm opened in late 2017,^[2][3][4] and consists of 110 turbines, which together generate approximately 1,000 gigawatt-hours of electricity annually, enough to power approximately 90,000 US homes.^[5]

On October 19, 2017, Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, christened the wind farm by smashing a champagne bottle while standing on top of one of the 300 feet (91 m) tall turbines. In a statement, Amazon revealed that it has entered into an agreement to purchase 90 percent of the facility's output. The facility was built by Lincoln Clean Energy, now part of Ørsted, which also owns and operates the wind farm. This facility is one example of Amazon's large and increasing long-term investment in renewable energy.

The wind farm, which is a few miles from the ghost town of Dermott, is called Dermott Wind in Energy Information Administration and Electric Reliability Council of Texas sources.

See also[edit]

• Wind power in Texas
• Wind power in the United States

References[edit]

External links[edit]

U.S. Energy Information Administration data