Rush Springs Wind

Wind power plant in Oklahoma, United States of America. Approximate location 34.6829, -97.8293.

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Rush Springs Wind is a 250 MW wind power station in Oklahoma, United States of America. It is operated by Rush Springs Wind Project. Based on reported annual generation of 983 GWh, it can supply roughly 280,942 homes. It ranks #1087 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2017, it is around 9 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).

250MW installed capacity
983GWh reported / yr
280,942homes powered
2017commissioned (~9 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0060592.

Reported generation trend

2016: 70 GWh20162017: 1,018 GWh20172018: 973 GWh20182019: 983 GWh20191k GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Rush Springs Wind Project.

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 34.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

16.3°Cannual mean temp
1,670heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,058cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
355 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 4 °CJF: 6 °CFM: 11 °CMA: 16 °CAM: 21 °CMJ: 25 °CJJ: 28 °CJA: 28 °CAS: 23 °CSO: 17 °CON: 10 °CND: 6 °CD28 °C

Heating degree-days here run 32% below 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: 37/100 — this site sits in the mid 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 #72 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 34.6829, -97.8293 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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