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Thunder Ranch Wind Project

Wind power plant in Oklahoma, United States of America. Approximate location 36.5508, -97.0589.

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Thunder Ranch Wind Project is a 298 MW wind power station in Oklahoma, United States of America. It is operated by Thunder Ranch Wind Project LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 1,146 GWh, it can supply roughly 327,428 homes. It ranks #975 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2018, it is around 8 years old — recently built. 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).

298MW installed capacity
1,146GWh reported / yr
327,428homes powered
2018commissioned (~8 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0061269.

Reported generation trend

2018: 1,154 GWh20182019: 1,146 GWh20191k GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Thunder Ranch Wind Project LLC.

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 36.6°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

15.1°Cannual mean temp
2,001heating degree-days (base 18°C)
977cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
289 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 1 °CJF: 5 °CFM: 10 °CMA: 15 °CAM: 20 °CMJ: 25 °CJJ: 28 °CJA: 27 °CAS: 22 °CSO: 16 °CON: 9 °CND: 4 °CD28 °C

Heating degree-days here run 19% 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: 43/100 — 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 #42 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 36.5508, -97.0589 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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