Silver Sage Windpower

Silver Sage at sunset   Silver Sage turbines

Project Highlights

  • Silver Sage began commercial operations in October, 2009 
  • It encompasses approximately 1,600 acres of land, and generates electricity approximately 80 percent of the time
  • The project will generate approximately 142,000,000 kWhs of electricity per year, enough to power approximately 14,000 homes
  • Silver Sage project detail (pdf, 661 KB)

Overview

Duke Energy Generation Services developed a new 42 MW windpower facility west of Cheyenne in Laramie County, Wyoming.  The twenty Suzlon turbines will operate at 2.1 MWs each.

The Silver Sage Windpower project is located adjacent to the existing Duke Energy Generation Services Happy Jack Windpower project.

The Silver Sage project will sell 71.5 percent (30 MW) of its clean, renewable energy to Black Hills Corporation under a 20-year power purchase agreement. The remaining 28.5 percent (12 MW) will be purchased by the Platte River Power Authority.