Wind power in Nebraska

Wind power in Nebraska remains largely untapped in comparison with its potential. In the Great Plains, with more than 47,000 farms and open skies it ranks near the top in the United States in its ability to generate energy from wind. As of 2015, the state had not adopted a renewable portfolio standard. Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) is one of the state's largest purchasers of wind energy.OPPD Quick Facts , 2014

In 2016, Nebraska had 1,335 MW of installed wind power generation capacity, producing 10.1% of the electricity generated in-state. This increased to a capacity of 2,142 MW and a 19.92% of generation in 2019.Wind Energy in Nebraska

Wind for Schools An initiative of the Department of Energy, the Wind for Schools program supported the construction of small scale wind turbines at schools throughout the state, to encourage the incorporation of renewable energy education into the science curriculum. In Nebraska, wind turbines were installed at 25 K-12 schools, four community colleges, and the Wind Applications Center at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Locations include various elementary and high schools, and community colleges including those in Bancroft, Bloomfield, Cedar Rapids, Crawford, Creighton, Diller-Odell High School, Elkhorn Valley, Hastings, Hayes Center, Hyannis, Logan View, Loup City, Merdian-Daykin, Mullen, Norfolk, Norris, Oshkosh, Pleasanton, Superior, West Holt and Southeast Community College.

Utility installations

Nebraska's first utility-scale wind project with two 750 kW Zond wind turbines came on-line in 1998 west of Springview and operated until 2007.

Site Location Coordinates Commissioned Size (MW) Turbines: number, type and model Notes OPPD/Valmont Industries Douglas, Otoe County 2001 0.7 2 Vestas V47 Valmont prototype Omaha Public Power District Kimball Wind Project near Kimball, Kimball County 2002 30 MEAN Ainsworth Wind Energy near Ainsworth, Brown 2005 59.4 Vestas V82 Renewable Energy Systems Elkhorn Ridge Wind Farm Knox 2009 81.0 Vestas V90-3.0 Flat Water Wind Farm near Humboldt, Richardson 2010 60.0 GE 1.5 Renewable Energy Systems Laredo Ridge Wind Farm Petersburg, Boone 2010 80.0 GE 1.5 xle Springview II near Springview, Keya Paha 2011 3.0 Vensys 77 direct-drive turbine TPE Petersburg Wind Farm near Petersburg, Boone 2011 40.5 GE1.5 xle-ess Broken Bow Wind Farm 1 Broken Bow, Custer 2012 80.0 GE 1.5sle Broken Bow Wind Farm 2 Broken Bow, Custer 2012 80.0 50 GE Energy 1.5sle Sempra & Con Ed Crofton Bluffs Wind Farm Crofton, Knox 2012 42.0 Vestas V90 Steele Flats Wind Farm Steele City and OdellJefferson & Gage 2014 75.0 Prairie Breeze Wind Farm Antelope Boone, & Madison 2014 200.6 Invenergy Prairie Breeze II, III Antelope and Boone counties 2015 109.2 Invenergy Grande Prairie Wind Farm O'Neill, Holt 2016 400 200 Vestas V110-2.0 BHE RenewablesMortensen ConstructionNebraska's Wind EnergyCottonwood Wind Webster 2017 90 Siemans VS 2.3 AWEA Fourth Quarter 2017 Market Report Public Version Kimball Wind Farm Kimball 2018 30 GE Upstream 2018 202 GE AWEA Fourth Quarter 2018 Market Report Public Version Rattlesnake Creek Dixon 2018 318 Nordex Seward Wind ProjectSeward20181.7GE 1.7 MWBluestem Energy Solutions Bluestem Energy Solutions

Statistics

+Nebraska wind generation capacity by year Megawatts of wind capacityWINDExchange: U.S. Installed and Potential Wind Power Capacity and Generation

+Nebraska wind generation by year Million kilowatt-hours of electricity

Nebraska wind generation (GWh, million kWh) Year Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2002 11 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2003 40 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 2004 36 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2005 98 1 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 23 27 26 2006 260 28 21 23 25 22 16 19 18 18 22 23 25 2007 217 31 15 22 18 17 17 15 12 14 18 20 18 2008 214 22 18 18 23 18 12 14 14 13 14 20 28 2009 382 24 17 39 43 39 19 21 31 36 39 41 33 2010 421 36 28 41 42 39 24 28 30 30 36 38 49 2011 1,050 60 96 90 101 102 85 63 52 59 96 124 122 2012 1,283 132 105 115 104 104 102 82 84 80 113 120 142 2013 1,800 152 143 159 157 156 117 101 107 150 169 210 179 2014 2,738 225 169 211 223 225 200 184 126 226 281 375 293 2015 3,179 329 283 284 282 261 187 169 215 271 269 316 313 2016 3,800 310 308 344 387 263 260 215 209 294 336 336 538 2017 5,085 434 466 491 464 433 374 285 241 396 511 460 530 2018 5,549 562 461 523 487 391 468 305 355 466 464 461 606 2019 7,211 524 490 668 686 575 480 488 411 645 769 749 726 2020 9,115 724 763 737 713 617 791 623 740 805 826 887 889 2021 9,719 759 595 946 962 817 618 564 718 772 857 998 1,113 2022 12,545 1,090 1,077 1,293 1,264 943 846 727 738 883 1,045 1,397 1,242 2023 3,538 1,053 1,263 1,222

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