Key Statistics
General Statistics
22 - Number of Turbines
2.3 - MW/Turbine (Siemens SWT-2.3-93)
50.6 - Total size of project (in MW)
122,100 - Median annual MWh of generation
670,000 – Weight (pounds) of the entire tower, nacelle, and blades
262 - Height of turbine hub (ft)
151 - Height of Statue of Liberty (ft)
1.7 - Acres in swept area of blades
147 – Length of each blade (feet)
16 – Maximum revolutions per minute of the blades
9 – minimum wind speed (in miles/hour) for turbine to produce electricity
56 – wind speed (in miles per hour) when the turbine will stop producing electricity
102 – miles per hour, the fastest wind speed recorded by a turbine at Record Hill Wind
84 – Cubic yards of concrete for a typical foundation.
19,500 - The number of Maine homes powered by the project (The average Maine home uses approximately 6.252 MWh/yr.)
70,000 - Department of Energy estimated annual tons of CO2 pollution avoided
12,200 - Equivalent cars taken off the road
1,000,000 - Tons of coal it would take to generate the same amount of electricity RHW will produce over its 25 year life
5,816,092 - Number of MacBook Airs that RHW could simultaneously power (Average power consumption of idle MacBook with screen on is 8.7 W)
467 - number of jobs supported by project construction
59% - Reduction in Roxbury property taxes between 2011 and 2012
$44,628 – Payments for the first three months of the Power to the People project. This program will provide free electricity to all qualified Roxbury homes for the first 20 years of the wind farm’s life