Alta Wind Energy Center
1,548 MW cluster in Tehachapi Pass, the largest onshore wind farm in America.
Overview
Repowering began in 2010, replacing 1980s turbines with modern machines across separate phases. It supplies Los Angeles under long term contracts. Tehachapi has been a wind engineering landmark since the 1980s.
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