The milestone came on 6 August, when afternoon winds cranked the wind generation attached to BPA’s grid up above 2GW for the first time at 5:15 p.m. The wind generation topped out at 2.09GW at 6:19 p.m., the BPA announced.
Wind is the fastest-growing source of new power on the BPA system, which serves Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. Of the 22 wind projects online during the record generation peak, six are new this year.
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