ALLEGHENY RIDGE WIND FARM

How ALLEGHENY RIDGE WIND FARM compares

With 80 MW of capacity, ALLEGHENY RIDGE WIND FARM ranks 55th among the 170 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Pennsylvania and 5th of the 25 operating Wind plants in the state. It accounts for about 6.0% of Pennsylvania's operating Wind capacity and 0.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 302nd-largest of the 708 operating Wind plants in the database. Commissioned in 2007, it is newer than 65% of the 168 operating Pennsylvania plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, INFIGEN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC, runs 2 operating plants in Pennsylvania totaling 104 MW. It shares Cambria County with 5 other operating plants, including COLVER POWER PROJECT and HIGHLAND NORTH WIND FARM.

EIA-860 lists 1 generator at the site with 80 MW of nameplate capacity, all onshore wind turbine technology. Net generation was 180 GWh in 2024 (a 26% capacity factor), down 9% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC CO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 9 operating power plants totaling 1,066 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is SEWARD (585 MW, Coal). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, Windstream - State College in State College, about 44.7 miles away.

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