Howard Wind Farm

Wind power plant in New York, United States of America. Approximate location 42.3153, -77.5383.

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Howard Wind Farm is a 60 MW wind power plant in New York, United States of America. It is operated by RWE Renewables Americas LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 129 GWh, it can supply roughly 36,885 homes. It ranks #2556 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2012, it is around 14 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).

60MW installed capacity
129GWh reported / yr
36,885homes powered
2012commissioned (~14 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0057867.

Reported generation trend

2013: 134 GWh20132014: 133 GWh20142015: 129 GWh20152016: 133 GWh20162017: 134 GWh20172018: 125 GWh20182019: 129 GWh2019134 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by RWE Renewables Americas LLC. All plants by this company →

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 42.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

7.2°Cannual mean temp
3,982heating degree-days (base 18°C)
67cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
508 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -6 °CJF: -5 °CFM: 0 °CMA: 6 °CAM: 12 °CMJ: 17 °CJJ: 20 °CJA: 19 °CAS: 15 °CSO: 9 °CON: 3 °CND: -3 °CD20 °C

Heating degree-days here run 62% 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: 84/100 — 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 #598 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 42.3153, -77.5383 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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