Portland General Electric Company has begun commercial power generation at the Wheatridge Renewable Energy Facility in eastern Oregon.
Located just northeast of Lexington in Morrow County, Oregon, Wheatridge's wind farm generates power using 120 wind turbines manufactured by GE Renewable Energy. The facility uses a mix of 2.3-megawatt and 2.5-megawatt machines. The project's early development work as a wind farm was performed by Swaggart Wind Power, an affiliate of MAP Energy. NextEra Energy Resources purchased the development rights and together with PGE expanded the project scope to include solar generation and battery storage.
“Customers want and expect cleaner, greener energy sources,” said Maria Pope, president and CEO of PGE. “This is an exciting step toward completion of this important resource and adds to our growing wind generation portfolio.”
Wheatridge is a joint project of PGE and a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources. This new facility ma
