Over the first three years of their operation, the two wind turbines at Honda Transmission Manufacturing’s Russells Point plant have outperformed expectations, company officials report.
A maintenance project to replace bearings on the wind turbines at Honda Transmission Mfg. in Russells Point has been ongoing. The turbines, which have been part of the Indian Lake landscape for three years, have been outperforming initial expectations, providing enough energy on an annual basis to power 1,145 homes, the company reports. (EXAMINER PHOTO | REUBEN MEES)
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With more than 36 months of data available, the company says the turbines are producing about 11 percent of the transmission plant’s energy needs. That’s approximately 11 gigawatt hours of power, or enough energy to supply 1,145 homes for a year, at an average energy usage of 9,600 kilowatt hours, Honda spokesman Eric Mauk said.
“The wind turbines at Honda Transmission Mfg. of America have met and often exceeded our expectations for power generation,” he said in an email. “But more importantly to us, the project has not adversely affected our neighbors nor the environment surrounding the community.”
Honda installed the two industrial wind turbines in 2013 under an agreement with the New York-based energy company Con Edison and buys power through the Logan County Electric Cooperative. They began operating in December of that year.
Although the towers are located on the Honda property, Con Edison contracted with Juhl Wind Inc. of Minnesota to built the 260-foot-tall towers and 1.7 megawatt turbines at a total project cost of $9.4 million, Mr. Mauk reports. Con Edison continues to own the structures and is responsible for the annual upkeep, including a recent project to replace bearings in the hubs.
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