Loess Hills Wind Farm
John Deere Renewables LLC
INTERCONNECTING UTILITY:
Rock Port Municipal Electric Company
RMT'S ROLE:
- Engineering, procurement, and construction of civil and electrical system BOP
- Construction of three miles of access roads and crane walk paths and associated crane pads
- Spread-footer foundations, poured in-place concrete construction with steel reinforcement
- Construction of 12.5 kV interconnection
- Design and construction of 5,000 feet of 12.5 kV overhead line
- Construction of two miles of underground 12.5 kV collector system
- Interface coordination between the wind farm and municipal utility
- Fiber optics communication and SCADA network
- Tower wiring
- Energization and resting of the collector system and interconnect with the municipal
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS:
- Nearly all power demanded by Rock Port Municipal Utility customers is supplied by Loess Hills Wind Farm
- Worked with the Rock Port Municipal Utility to ensure the city utility maintained a reliable electric power system, and understood the challenges of connecting to and working with a wind farm
- Successfully managed equipment delivery logistics and facility construction throughout the challenging Missouri winter and spring
- Provided ongoing energy, environmental, and
economic benefits:
- Generates enough electricity to power approximately 1,480 homes annually
- Offsets the combustion of approximately 6,838 tons of coal per year, which reduces the equivalent of 9,000 tons of CO2 emissions to the atmosphere annually
- Provides income to local landowners through annual lease payments
