Project Overview
Arkwright Summit Wind Farm is located in Chautauqua County, the westernmost county in New York. The wind turbines are located within the Town of Arkwright, and the project connects to the grid in the Town of Pomfret.
Energy Output
Arkwright Summit Wind Farm has an installed capacity of 78.4 megawatts (MW). Arkwright Summit's generation is equivalent to the consumption of 33,000 New York homes.
Benefits
Community
Arkwright Summit Wind Farm yields significant economic benefits to the community in the form of payments to landowners, local spending, and annual community investment
Arkwright Summit represents a capital investment of approximately $125 million and has disbursed $780,000 in cumulative payments to local governments through 2019. The project created 80 full-time equivalent jobs during construction as well as three permanent jobs. Through 2019, approximately $4.6 million has been spent within 50 miles of the wind farm.
Environment
Arkwright Summit Wind Farm saves more than 139 million gallons of water each year and displaces carbon emissions from fossil fuel power plants, a major contributor to climate change. Wind energy also enhances air quality by helping to mitigate the health effects of harmful air pollutants.
Landowners
Arkwright Summit Wind Farm is compatible with other land uses and provides a stable form of income to local landowners. More than $1 million has been paid to the wind farm’s landowners through 2019. These supportive landowners participate in long-term lease and easement agreements that cover turbines, access roads, and transmission corridors.
Technology
Turbines
Modern wind turbine generators are sophisticated, high-tech machines designed to capture the kinetic energy of the wind and convert it into electricity. A turbine’s blades capture the wind and rotate an internal shaft connected to a gearbox spinning a generator to produce electricity.
Arkwright Summit Wind Farm consists of 4 Vestas V110 2 MW wind turbines and 32 Vestas V110 2.2 MW wind turbines.
Made in the USA
The vast majority of wind farm equipment is manufactured in the United States.
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Contact Us
arkwrightsummit@edpr.com
10001 Route 60
Fredonia, NY 14063
T: 716.898.0367
Wind Farm Hotline: 844.507.1315