Mountaineer Wind Energy Center

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Mountaineer Wind Energy Center

• Phil Stiles Engineer
• North Carolina Wind Summit
• 9 December 2002

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Aerial Visualization
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Aerial Visualization
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Mountaineer Overview

• 66 MW Wind Power Plant
• 44 Wind Turbines
• NM72c
• 72 meter diameter rotor
• 1.5 MW
• Largest wind farm east of the Mississippi
• First wind farm in West Virginia
• Backbone Mountain ridgeline near Thomas, West
  Virginia

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Team Members

• Developer - Atlantic Renewable Energy Corporation
• Owner and Operator - Florida Power and Light
• Construction - Mortenson
• Turbine Supplier - NEG Micon
• Power Purchaser Exelon Corporation
• Power Consumers
• National Geographic Society
• U.S. Army
• Catholic University
• Many others

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Project Milestones

• 1998 Development Begun by Atlantic Renewable
  Energy Corporation
• Climate Measurements
• Land Leases
• Permits
• Interconnect Agreement
• Power Purchase Agreement
• Project Engineering
• June 2002 - Project Purchased by FPL
• Summer 2002 Construction begins
• Roads
• Substation
• Interconnect
• August 2002 First Turbine Constructed
• 20 December Commercial Operation
• 2023 Planned Re-powering or Decommissioning

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What are the challenges being faced?

• Wind Power is New to West Virginia
• traditionally a coal energy state
• Topography
• Transportation
• Aggressive Construction Schedule
• Weather
• Mud
• Snow
• Rain
• Wind

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Uniqueness of a Ridgeline Project

• Inflow angle
• Turbulence intensity
• Temperature extremes
• Site access for maintenance

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Land Use and Neighbors

• Privately owned land
• Forestry
• Mining
• City of Thomas, West Virginia
• Blackwater Falls State Park
• Fairfax Stone State Monument State Park
• Monongahela National Forest

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NM72C

• Generator 1500 kW
• Hub Height 70 meters (230 feet)
• Rotor
• Diameter 72 meters (236 feet)
• Active Stall Power Regulation
• Blades
• 35 meters (115 feet)
• Manufactured in North Dakota by LM Glasfiber
• Tower
• 3 Section
• Manufactured in North Dakota by DMI

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Active Stall Animation
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WindMan Server Solution

• Level 1 Turbine controllers
• Control and protect the turbines
• Controller works autonomously
• Historical data
• stored in controllers
• collected by SCADA system 
• Level 2 Site server (SCADA system)
• collects historical data from the turbines
  (10-minute values, event logs etc.)
• present and process wind farm data
• operation of the individual turbines
• Level 3 Remote client/server
• accessed remotely
• similar to the software used at the site

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NEG Micon Overview - Global

• Based in Randers, Denmark
• 2000 Employees
• 1979 Begun Building Wind Turbines
• More than 10,500 Wind Turbines Installed
• 18 of all Turbines Installed
• Manufacturing in 8 Countries
• Installations in 32 Countries
• Traded on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange

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NEG Micon N. America Overview

• Based in Chicago, Illinois
• Service Center in Champaign, Illinois
• 70 Employees
• 10 Service Offices
• Palm Springs, California to Quebec, Canada
• Thomas, West Virginia is the newest service
  office
• Broad Product Line
• Installation
• Warranty
• Service

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Thank You for Your Attention

• Phil Stiles Engineer
• NEG Micon
• Suite 405
• 2850 Golf Road
• Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
• 847 806 9500