RWE Clean Energy brings world-class resources, experience and expertise to the entire onshore wind project life cycle. From assembly and operations to maintenance and repowering, we’ve “been there, done that”… successfully.
We all know there is energy in the wind – we can see it, feel it and hear it. But where does this energy come from? The sun heats the earth with different intensity in different parts of the globe. Those temperature differences drive changes in atmospheric pressure. Air moves from high-pressure to low-pressure areas, creating wind that’s full of kinetic energy.
History of harvesting the wind
Humans have been harnessing wind energy for well over a thousand years, to propel sail boats or turn windmills that ground grain and pumped water. Sails and windmills were simple mechanisms that converted the kinetic energy of the wind into mechanical energy that could work for people.
Boiling Springs is a 148.4 megawatt (MW) project, located in Woodward County in northwest Oklahoma. The project is powered by 60 GE turbines delivering power into the Oklahoma electrical grid. Boiling Springs is our first project in Oklahoma and in the Southwest Power Pool.
RWE has developed, built, and operates 35 wind farms and more than 5,800 MW of wind energy projects across the U.S., with more on the way.
A wealth of experience and industrial scale know-how