Beebe 1B

Wind power plant in Michigan, United States of America. Approximate location 43.2569, -84.4997.

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Beebe 1B is a 50 MW wind power plant in Michigan, United States of America. It is operated by Beebe 1B Renewable Energy LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 145 GWh, it can supply roughly 41,314 homes. It ranks #2711 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2015, it is around 11 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 10.3% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

50MW installed capacity
145GWh reported / yr
41,314homes powered
2015commissioned (~11 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0058908.

Reported generation trend

2015: 148 GWh20152016: 145 GWh20162017: 147 GWh20172018: 139 GWh20182019: 145 GWh2019148 GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Beebe 1B Renewable Energy LLC.

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 43.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

8.1°Cannual mean temp
3,778heating degree-days (base 18°C)
201cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
207 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -6 °CJF: -5 °CFM: 1 °CMA: 7 °CAM: 14 °CMJ: 19 °CJJ: 21 °CJA: 20 °CAS: 16 °CSO: 10 °CON: 3 °CND: -3 °CD21 °C

Heating degree-days here run 54% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 81/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #621 largest wind power plant of 1139 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 1139 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 104,477 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 43.2569, -84.4997 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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