Vansycle

Wind power plant in Oregon, United States of America. Approximate location 45.9362, -118.66.

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Vansycle is a 25 MW wind power plant in Oregon, United States of America. It is operated by ESI Vansycle Partners LP. Based on reported annual generation of 58 GWh, it can supply roughly 16,428 homes. It ranks #3468 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1998, it is around 28 years old — long-established. 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).

25MW installed capacity
58GWh reported / yr
16,428homes powered
1998commissioned (~28 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0055125.

Reported generation trend

2013: 63 GWh20132014: 68 GWh20142015: 62 GWh20152016: 76 GWh20162017: 64 GWh20172018: 68 GWh20182019: 58 GWh201976 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by ESI Vansycle Partners LP.

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 45.9°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

10.7°Cannual mean temp
2,860heating degree-days (base 18°C)
226cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
448 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 1 °CJF: 3 °CFM: 7 °CMA: 10 °CAM: 14 °CMJ: 18 °CJJ: 22 °CJA: 22 °CAS: 17 °CSO: 10 °CON: 5 °CND: 1 °CD22 °C

Heating degree-days here run 16% 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: 59/100 — 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 #743 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 45.9362, -118.66 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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