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The Highland Wind Energy Center is a 501.4 megawatt (MW) wind farm in O'Brien County, Iowa. It became the largest facility in the state when it was placed online in 2015.

Highland Wind Project
Country	United States
Location	O'Brien County, Iowa
Coordinates	43°05′N 95°34′W
Status	Operational
Construction began	2013
Commission date	2015
Construction cost	about $1 billion
Owner(s)	MidAmerican Energy Company
Operator(s)	MidAmerican Energy Company
Wind farm
Type	Onshore
Power generation
Units operational	218
Make and model	Siemens 2.3 MW
Nameplate capacity	501.4 MW
Capacity factor	38.6% (average 2016-2018)
Annual net output	1,694 GW·h
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Facility details

The facility is part of $1.9 billion in wind power project announced by MidAmerican Energy in 2013. It was the largest project in the world to be built in a single construction phase. Siemens supplied 218 2.3 MW wind turbines for the facility.[1]

The facility is located at the southern end of Buffalo Ridge. The Rock Island Clean Line HVDC transmission line was proposed to originate just north of the project.[2]

An expansion of the project, formerly known as Highland II was developed by Invenergy.[3] This expansion was purchased by MidAmerican Energy and constructed in 2016 as the 250 MW O'Brien Wind Farm. It also lies in O'Brien county, just to the north of the Highland project.[4]

Electricity production

Highland Wind Energy Center Electricity Generation (MW·h)[5]

Year	Total Annual MW·h
2015	549,863
2016	1,809,682
2017	1,726,146
2018	1,545,240
Average (years 2016–2018) --->	1,693,689

See also

• Wind power in Iowa
• List of wind farms in the United States

References

External links

• MidAmerican Energy - Highland Wind Project

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