Beaver Creek will have a nameplate generating capacity of 248 megawatts. The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates a modern wind project of Beaver Creek s size will in a year s time produce enough electricity to power 234,000 homes. Climate change laws in Washington, which ban coal power in customer rates by 2026 are driving construction.
It’s what project manager Jim Logan calls the most complimentary wind for the turbines Puget Sound Energy owns in the Inland Northwest of Washington. This area, known Beaver Creek, will
On Thursday the Enviromental Protection Agency aNEW REACTION FROM NORTHWESTERN ENERGY AFTER COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS COME UNDER FIRE FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTEC