San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm

San Gorgonio Pass (33°54'38.89''N, 116°44' 04.57W), one of the USA's deepest mountain passes, is located in the northwestern region of Coachella Valley, and is home to one of the nation's largest wind farms. The San Gorgonio Pass has proven to be a reliable location for wind energy production due to stable wind flows caused by warm desert air mixing with cooler coastal air, producing average wind speeds of 15 to 20 mph. The winds generally are strongest during the summer months when electricity demands are at their highest. The San Gorgonio wind farm consists of about 2,500 wind turbines with a capacity of 359 MW and an annual generation of about 893 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity.
*source: http://www.eoearth.org/article/San_Gorgonio_Pass,_California

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