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Blue Creek wind farm
Blue Creek wind farm
The Blue Creek wind farm in Ohio is the state's first modern, commercial-scale wind project. With a total installed capacity of 304 megawatts (MW), it generates enough energy to power about 76,000 homes per year.
Blue Creek became operational in 2012 in northwest Ohio and has a total installed capacity of 304 MW which can power around 76,000 homes per year. We were the first company to start construction in a state that lacked modern, commercial-scale wind projects.
The Blue Creek wind farm takes advantage of Ohio's intense winds and coexists with agricultural fields in the townships of Tully, Union, and Hoaglin in Van Wert County, and in the towns of Benton, Blue Creek and Latty in Paulding County. At the time of its completion in early 2012, it was the largest single-phase project in the US wind fleet powered by Avangrid Renewables among a total of 50 projects.
Blue Creek consists of 152 Gamesa G90 wind turbines, each of which has an output of 2 MW and can power about 500 Ohio homes. Most of the equipment was manufactured and assembled in Wisconsin, Texas, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and North Dakota.
Although the project covers an area of almost 80 square miles (207.2 square kilometers), the total impact of the project is less than 1 acre (equivalent to 4,047 square meters) per turbine, including access roads and the maintenance building.
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Local economic benefits and environmental friendliness
Blue Creek represents a $600 million private investment. The project pays around USD 2 million annually in lease payments to local landowners and USD 2.7 million to local taxing bodies. Avangrid Renewables is the largest taxpayer in Van Wert County, where 75% of the Blue Creek wind farm is located.
In addition, our commitment to environmental friendliness is present in each of our projects. That's why Blue Creek offsets its customers' carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 725,000 tonnes per year. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, this is equivalent to planting approximately 138,000 acres of trees, taking 114,000 cars off the road, or eliminating the consumption of more than 2.1 million barrels of oil. The project also avoids the consumption of 408 million gallons (more than one trillion liters) of water per year.
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About Avangrid: Avangrid, Inc. is a leading energy company in the United States working to meet the growing demand for energy for homes and businesses across the nation through service, innovation, and continued investments by expanding grid infrastructure and energy generation projects. Avangrid has offices in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Maine, and Oregon, including operations in 25 states with approximately $48 billion in assets, and has two primary lines of business: networks and power. Through its networks business, Avangrid owns and operates seven electric and natural gas utilities, serving more than 3.4 million customers in New York and New England. Through its power generation business, Avangrid owns and operates more than 80 energy generation facilities across the United States producing more than 10.5 GW of power for over 3.1 million customers. Avangrid employs approximately 8,000 people and has been recognized by JUST Capital as one of the JUST 100 companies – a ranking of America’s best corporate citizens – in 2025 for the fifth consecutive year. The company was named among the World’s Most Ethical Companies in 2025 for the seventh consecutive year by the Ethisphere Institute. Avangrid is a member of the group of companies controlled by Iberdrola, S.A. For more information, visit www.avangrid.com.
About Iberdrola: Iberdrola is one of the world's biggest energy companies and a leader in renewables, spearheading the energy transition to a low carbon economy. The group supplies energy to almost 100 million people in dozens of countries. With a focus on renewable energy, smart networks and smart solutions for customers, Iberdrola’s main markets include Europe (Spain, the United Kingdom, Portugal, France, Germany, Italy and Greece), the United States, Brazil, Mexico and Australia. The company is also present in growth markets such as Japan, Taiwan, Ireland, Sweden and Poland, among others.
With a workforce of nearly 40,000 and assets in excess of €141.7 billion, across the world, Iberdrola helps to support 400,000 jobs across its supply chain, with annual procurement of €12.2 billion. A benchmark in the fight against climate change, Iberdrola has invested more than €130 billion over the past two decades to help build a sustainable energy model, based on sound environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles.
