MAPLE RIDGE WIND FARM

How MAPLE RIDGE WIND FARM compares

With 322 MW of capacity, MAPLE RIDGE WIND FARM ranks 30th among the 320 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New York and is the largest of the 20 operating Wind plants in the state. It accounts for about 20% of New York's operating Wind capacity and 0.8% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 8th-largest of the 708 operating Wind plants in the database. Commissioned in 2005, it is newer than 84% of the 312 operating New York plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Lewis County with 18 other operating plants, including CH RESOURCES BEAVER FALLS and SOFT MAPLE.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 321 MW of nameplate capacity, all onshore wind turbine technology. Net generation was 637 GWh in 2024 (a 23% capacity factor), down 7% from 2022. Its generators came online between 2005 and 2006.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is CHASES LAKE (230 kV), about 11.3 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP., under 0.1 miles away. Another 33 operating power plants totaling 353 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is CH RESOURCES BEAVER FALLS (108 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, Westelcom Networks Watertown in Watertown, about 21.3 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology