Steele Flats Wind Farm

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The 44–turbine Steele Flats Wind Farm, on both north and south sides of State Highway 8, about halfway between Steele City and Odell, Nebraska, began commercial operation on November 1, 2013. Each GE Energy turbine has a maximum capacity of 1.7 megawatts for a total of 74,800 kilowatts (or 74.8 megawatts). The farm could produce an amount of energy equivalent to the amount of electricity used by approximately 19,000 Nebraska residences in a year (average annual output). Nebraska Public Power District has committed to buy the total output but will sell 30 megawatts of renewable energy credits from the farm to BD (Becton, Dickinson Company).

This wind farm was in the news in June 2017 when one of the turbine towers collapsed:
journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/nebraska/wind-t...
www.ketv.com/article/wind-turbine-collapses-near-diller...