Various Wind Farm Developments

Oregon & Washington

Elcon has provided the following services for several different wind farm projects in Oregon and Washington:

• Consulted on the Northwest interconnection and transmission rules, options & practices.
• Completed power flow studies to develop strategies for interconnection to the regional
  electrical grid. Worked with receiving utilities to develop workable interconnections.
• Developed interconnection applications to allow connection of project transmission lines to regional transmission grid.
• Determined reactive compensation requirements and allowable switched capacitor bank sizes for wind farms.
• Completed cost estimates of project collector systems for wind farms. Completed cost estimates for substations and transmission lines.