# Blue Creek Wind Project

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Blue Creek Wind Project is a wind power facility with 302 MW of EIA-reported operating capacity in Van Wert County, Ohio, registered as EIA Plant ID 57449. Avangrid Renewables, LLC is the public owner or developer; Avangrid Power LLC is the registered plant entity or operator. Blue Creek was Ohio’s first modern, commercial-scale wind project. At completion, it was the largest single-phase project in Avangrid Renewables’ U.S. wind fleet.

## Key facts

- Technology: Onshore Wind Turbine
- Power capacity: 302 MW
- Operating status: operating

## Grid and market context

- ISO/RTO: PJM
- Balancing authority: PJM Interconnection, LLC
- Substation: Blue Creek Wind Farm Interconnect Switchyard
- Point of interconnection: Blue Creek Wind Farm Interconnect Switchyard
- Transmission owner: American Electric Power (AEP)
- Interconnection voltage: 345 kV

## Source-backed facts

- Owner logo domain: avangrid.com — Blue Creek wind farm - Avangrid · confidence: high
- Parties.0: {"relationship":"Developer and owner","name":"Avangrid Renewables, LLC","official_url":"https://www.avangrid.com"} — Source · confidence: high
- Parties.2: {"relationship":"Parent group","name":"Iberdrola, S.A.","official_url":"https://www.iberdrola.com"} — Blue Creek Onshore Wind Farm - Iberdrola · confidence: high
- Parties.3: {"relationship":"Turbine OEM; 152 G90-2.0 turbines","name":"Gamesa","official_url":"https://www.siemensgamesa.com"} — Source · confidence: medium
- Parties.5: {"relationship":"Power-purchase-agreement counterparty","name":"American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP)","official_url":"https://www.amppartners.org"} — Power Purchase Agreements · confidence: high
- Parties.5: {"relationship":"Power-purchase-agreement counterparty","name":"American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP)","official_url":"https://www.amppartners.org"} — Avangrid Signs Deal with American Municipal Power to Provide Energy to Ohio Homes and Businesses from Blue Creek Project - Avangrid · confidence: high
- Interconnection: American Electric Power-owned 345-kV interconnect switchyard, tied to AEP’s existing Convoy–East Lima 345-kV transmission line and a new 345-kV line to the project. — Blue Creek Wind Farm - Dashiell Corporation · confidence: medium
- Site acres: 51200 — Source · confidence: low
- Unit configuration: Onshore wind; 152 Gamesa G90 turbines rated at 2.0 MW each. — Source · confidence: medium
- Commercial operation date: 2012-06 — Source · confidence: medium
- Unit count: 152 — Source · confidence: medium
- Construction scope: Official project materials describe 152 Gamesa G90 2.0-MW wind turbines on 100-m towers. Construction began in September 2010 and commercial operation was reached in June 2012. Most equipment was manufactured and assembled in Wisconsin, Texas, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and North Dakota; total project impact was less than one acre per turbine, including access roads and the maintenance building. — BLUE CREEKWind Farm · confidence: medium
- Product url: https://www.siemensgamesa.com/global/en/home/press-releases/siemens-gamesa-to-provide-service-for-a-total-of-55-turbines-at-four-innogy-wind-farms-in-poland.html — Siemens Gamesa to provide service for a total of 55... · confidence: medium
- Product url: https://www.siemensgamesa.com/global/en/home/press-releases/siemens-gamesa-to-provide-service-for-a-total-of-55-turbines-at-four-innogy-wind-farms-in-poland.html — Source · confidence: medium
- Product family: Gamesa G90-2.0 MW — Source · confidence: medium
- Manufacturer name: Gamesa — Source · confidence: medium
- Quality notes: ["The EIA plant record reports 302 MW, whereas Avangrid’s project materials report 304 MW for the wider Blue Creek farm; both refer to the same Van Wert/Paulding project.","The November 2010 event is documented as a regulatory certificate transfer from Heartland Wind to Blue Creek, not as a disclosed arm’s-length sale. Iberdrola’s April 2007 acquisition of ScottishPower brought predecessor PPM Energy into the Iberdrola group, but the sources do not identify a separate Blue Creek purchase price.","The disclosed $600 million figure is described as private project investment; available sources also report balance-sheet financing and a subsequent Section 1603 grant, but do not disclose a separate construction-loan or tax-equity amount.","The project remained operational with the original 152 Gamesa G90 configuration in the cited monitoring record. Repowering and decommissioning are discussed as possible future activities, not as completed events."] — Blue Creek wind farm - Avangrid · confidence: medium
- Quality notes: ["The EIA plant record reports 302 MW, whereas Avangrid’s project materials report 304 MW for the wider Blue Creek farm; both refer to the same Van Wert/Paulding project.","The November 2010 event is documented as a regulatory certificate transfer from Heartland Wind to Blue Creek, not as a disclosed arm’s-length sale. Iberdrola’s April 2007 acquisition of ScottishPower brought predecessor PPM Energy into the Iberdrola group, but the sources do not identify a separate Blue Creek purchase price.","The disclosed $600 million figure is described as private project investment; available sources also report balance-sheet financing and a subsequent Section 1603 grant, but do not disclose a separate construction-loan or tax-equity amount.","The project remained operational with the original 152 Gamesa G90 configuration in the cited monitoring record. Repowering and decommissioning are discussed as possible future activities, not as completed events."] — Source · confidence: medium
- Financing summary: Blue Creek is described by Avangrid as a $600 million private investment. IEEFA reports that Iberdrola financed the project from its own balance sheet and later qualified for a $172 million federal grant. A Treasury Inspector General record identifies a $172,688,076 Section 1603 grant to Blue Creek Wind Farm LLC; a grant record gives the award date as August 20, 2012. The $600 million figure is project investment, not disclosed sale consideration, and no separate acquisition price or project-debt amount is reported. — description: An Ohio Wind Farm Proves the Case for a Wise Renewable-Energy Policy title: An Ohio Wind Farm Proves the Case for a Wise Renewable-Energy Policy image: https://ieefa.org/sites/default/files/migrated/Galion-Ohio-prices-paid-for-power-2014.png · confidence: medium
- Financing summary: Blue Creek is described by Avangrid as a $600 million private investment. IEEFA reports that Iberdrola financed the project from its own balance sheet and later qualified for a $172 million federal grant. A Treasury Inspector General record identifies a $172,688,076 Section 1603 grant to Blue Creek Wind Farm LLC; a grant record gives the award date as August 20, 2012. The $600 million figure is project investment, not disclosed sale consideration, and no separate acquisition price or project-debt amount is reported. — Audit Report Office of Inspector General · confidence: medium
- Quality notes.0: The EIA plant record reports 302 MW, whereas Avangrid’s project materials report 304 MW for the wider Blue Creek farm; both refer to the same Van Wert/Paulding project. — Blue Creek wind farm - Avangrid · confidence: high
- Quality notes.2: The disclosed $600 million figure is described as private project investment; available sources also report balance-sheet financing and a subsequent Section 1603 grant, but do not disclose a separate construction-loan or tax-equity amount. — description: An Ohio Wind Farm Proves the Case for a Wise Renewable-Energy Policy title: An Ohio Wind Farm Proves the Case for a Wise Renewable-Energy Policy image: https://ieefa.org/sites/default/files/migrated/Galion-Ohio-prices-paid-for-power-2014.png · confidence: medium
- Quality notes.2: The disclosed $600 million figure is described as private project investment; available sources also report balance-sheet financing and a subsequent Section 1603 grant, but do not disclose a separate construction-loan or tax-equity amount. — Audit Report Office of Inspector General · confidence: medium
- Quality notes.3: The project remained operational with the original 152 Gamesa G90 configuration in the cited monitoring record. Repowering and decommissioning are discussed as possible future activities, not as completed events. — Source · confidence: medium
- Quality notes.3: The project remained operational with the original 152 Gamesa G90 configuration in the cited monitoring record. Repowering and decommissioning are discussed as possible future activities, not as completed events. — Blue Creek ITP ES69307D_Report Submittal_6Feb23.doc · confidence: medium
- Timeline.0: {"event":"Predecessor development exploration","date":"2006-2007","detail":"Predecessor companies of Blue Creek began exploring development of the wind farm in Van Wert and Paulding counties."} — Franklin County Ohio Clerk of Courts of the Common Pleas · confidence: medium
- Timeline.4: {"event":"Construction began","date":"2010-09","detail":"Construction of the Blue Creek Wind Farm began."} — Source · confidence: high
- Timeline.6: {"event":"Commercial operation","date":"2012-06-14","detail":"Blue Creek Wind Farm achieved commercial operation."} — 09-1066-EL-BGN:Blue Creek Wind Farm · confidence: high
- Timeline.7: {"event":"Section 1603 grant awarded","date":"2012-08-20","detail":"Blue Creek Wind Farm LLC received a reported $172,688,076 federal renewable-energy grant."} — Audit Report Office of Inspector General · confidence: medium
- Timeline.9: {"event":"Operational configuration confirmed","date":"2023","detail":"A federal monitoring report described the operating project as 152 Gamesa G90 turbines rated at 2.0 MW each. The project documents discuss possible future repowering or decommissioning but do not establish that either has occurred."} — Blue Creek ITP ES69307D_Report Submittal_6Feb23.doc · confidence: medium
- Timeline.9: {"event":"Operational configuration confirmed","date":"2023","detail":"A federal monitoring report described the operating project as 152 Gamesa G90 turbines rated at 2.0 MW each. The project documents discuss possible future repowering or decommissioning but do not establish that either has occurred."} — Source · confidence: medium
- Timeline.10: {"event":"AMP short-term PPA","date":"2025-02-06","detail":"Avangrid announced a short-term power purchase agreement with American Municipal Power for a portion of Blue Creek’s output."} — Avangrid Signs Deal with American Municipal Power to Provide Energy to Ohio Homes and Businesses from Blue Creek Project - Avangrid · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.0: {"relationship":"Developer and owner","name":"Avangrid Renewables, LLC","detail":"Avangrid project materials identify Avangrid Renewables as the developer and owner of Blue Creek Wind Farm.","official_url":"https://www.avangrid.com"} — Source · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.4: {"relationship":"Project legal entity and grant recipient","name":"Blue Creek Wind Farm LLC","detail":"Blue Creek Wind Farm LLC is identified as the project entity operating the farm and as the recipient of the reported $172,688,076 Section 1603 grant.","official_url":null} — Audit Report Office of Inspector General · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.5: {"relationship":"Turbine OEM","name":"Gamesa","detail":"The project uses 152 Gamesa G90 wind turbines rated at 2.0 MW each.","official_url":"https://www.siemensgamesa.com"} — Blue Creek wind farm - Avangrid · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.7: {"relationship":"Power-purchase-agreement counterparty","name":"American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP)","detail":"AMP contracted for Blue Creek renewable energy, including a short-term PPA announced by Avangrid on February 6, 2025; an earlier source reports a 52.2 MW, 10-year AMP agreement.","official_url":"https://www.amppartners.org"} — Avangrid Signs Deal with American Municipal Power to Provide Energy to Ohio Homes and Businesses from Blue Creek Project - Avangrid · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.7: {"relationship":"Power-purchase-agreement counterparty","name":"American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP)","detail":"AMP contracted for Blue Creek renewable energy, including a short-term PPA announced by Avangrid on February 6, 2025; an earlier source reports a 52.2 MW, 10-year AMP agreement.","official_url":"https://www.amppartners.org"} — description: An Ohio Wind Farm Proves the Case for a Wise Renewable-Energy Policy title: An Ohio Wind Farm Proves the Case for a Wise Renewable-Energy Policy image: https://ieefa.org/sites/default/files/migrated/Galion-Ohio-prices-paid-for-power-2014.png · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.8: {"relationship":"Power-purchase-agreement counterparty","name":"The Ohio State University","detail":"A project summary reports a 50 MW, 20-year power purchase agreement with Ohio State University.","official_url":"https://www.osu.edu"} — description: An Ohio Wind Farm Proves the Case for a Wise Renewable-Energy Policy title: An Ohio Wind Farm Proves the Case for a Wise Renewable-Energy Policy image: https://ieefa.org/sites/default/files/migrated/Galion-Ohio-prices-paid-for-power-2014.png · confidence: medium
- Substation: Blue Creek Wind Farm Interconnect Switchyard — Blue Creek Wind Farm - Dashiell Corporation · confidence: medium
- Interconnection voltage kv: 345 — Blue Creek Wind Farm - Dashiell Corporation · confidence: medium
- Transmission owner: American Electric Power (AEP) — Blue Creek Wind Farm - Dashiell Corporation · confidence: medium
- Grid role: Commercial wind-generation facility supplying contracted energy to regional customers through power-purchase arrangements. — Source · confidence: medium
- Operating status: operating — Source · confidence: high

## Timeline

- 2006-2007 — Predecessor development exploration
  Predecessor companies of Blue Creek began exploring development of the wind farm in Van Wert and Paulding counties.
  Source: Franklin County Ohio Clerk of Courts of the Common Pleas (https://www.bsbo.org/uploads/3/0/8/0/30807041/blue_creek_wind_farm_-_complaint__t-s_.pdf)
- 2007-04-23 — Iberdrola acquired predecessor corporate platform
  PPM Energy joined the Iberdrola group through Iberdrola’s acquisition of ScottishPower. PPM Energy later changed its name to Iberdrola Renewables, Inc.; this was a corporate-parent transaction rather than a documented sale of the Blue Creek project itself.
  Source: PPM Energy is now Iberdrola Renewables - Avangrid (https://www.avangrid.com/w/ppm-energy-is-now-iberdrola-renewables)
- 2010-09 — Construction began
  Construction of the Blue Creek Wind Farm began.
  Source: Source (https://www.avangrid.com/documents/453723/3564177/blue-creek-fact-sheet.pdf/1f794ba4-5017-6f7e-3348-03f99afe15b7?t=1664386895253)
- 2010-11-18 — Certificate transferred to Blue Creek
  The Ohio regulatory certificate was transferred from the Heartland proceeding to Blue Creek. The cited record does not characterize this transfer as a sale or disclose transaction consideration.
  Source: 09-1066-EL-BGN:Blue Creek Wind Farm (https://opsb.ohio.gov/cases/09-1066-el-bgn)
- 2011-02-08 — Power purchase agreement
  Iberdrola Renewables announced FirstEnergy Solutions will purchase 100 MW of Blue Creek output for 20 years beginning October 2012.
  Source: Iberdrola Renewables and FirstEnergy Solutions Sign Agreement for Largest Wind Power Project in Ohio - Avangrid (https://www.avangrid.com/w/iberdrola-renewables-and-firstenergy-solutions-sign-agreement-for-largest-wind-power-project-in-ohio)
- 2012-06-14 — Commercial operation
  Blue Creek Wind Farm achieved commercial operation.
  Source: 09-1066-EL-BGN:Blue Creek Wind Farm (https://opsb.ohio.gov/cases/09-1066-el-bgn)

## Sources

- [Blue Creek wind farm - Avangrid](https://www.avangrid.com/blue-creek-wind-farm) — avangrid.com · tier other
- [Source](https://www.avangrid.com/documents/453723/3564177/blue-creek-fact-sheet.pdf/1f794ba4-5017-6f7e-3348-03f99afe15b7?t=1664386895253) — avangrid.com · tier other
- [Blue Creek Onshore Wind Farm - Iberdrola](https://www.iberdrola.com/about-us/power/onshore-wind-energy/blue-creek-wind-farm) — iberdrola.com · tier other
- [Iberdrola Renewables and FirstEnergy Solutions Sign Agreement for Largest Wind Power Project in Ohio - Avangrid](https://www.avangrid.com/w/iberdrola-renewables-and-firstenergy-solutions-sign-agreement-for-largest-wind-power-project-in-ohio) — avangrid.com · tier other
- [Power Purchase Agreements](https://www.amppartners.org/generation/power-purchase-agreements/) — amppartners.org · tier other
- [Avangrid Signs Deal with American Municipal Power to Provide Energy to Ohio Homes and Businesses from Blue Creek Project - Avangrid](https://www.avangrid.com/w/avangrid-signs-deal-with-american-municipal-power-to-provide-energy-to-ohio-homes-and-businesses-from-blue-creek-project) — avangrid.com · tier other
- [Blue Creek Wind Farm - Dashiell Corporation](https://www.dashiell.com/projects/blue-creek-wind-farm/) — dashiell.com · tier other
- [Source](https://avangrid.com/documents/453723/3564177/blue-creek-fact-sheet.pdf/1f794ba4-5017-6f7e-3348-03f99afe15b7?t=1664386895253) — avangrid.com · tier other
- [Source](https://iberdrola.com/about-us/power/onshore-wind-energy/blue-creek-wind-farm) — iberdrola.com · tier other
- [Siemens Gamesa to provide service for a total of 55 ...](https://www.siemensgamesa.com/global/en/home/press-releases/siemens-gamesa-to-provide-service-for-a-total-of-55-turbines-at-four-innogy-wind-farms-in-poland.html) — siemensgamesa.com · tier other
- [Source](https://www.avangrid.com/documents/453723/3564252/2-Gamesa_Eolica_G90.pdf/c66abee0-c00f-e917-9625-eb3adf411c05) — avangrid.com · tier other
- [09-1066-EL-BGN:Blue Creek Wind Farm](https://opsb.ohio.gov/cases/09-1066-el-bgn) — opsb.ohio.gov · tier regulatory
- [Source](https://downloads.regulations.gov/FWS-R3-ES-2019-0107-0002/content.pdf) — downloads.regulations.gov · tier regulatory
- [description: An Ohio Wind Farm Proves the Case for a Wise Renewable-Energy Policy title: An Ohio Wind Farm Proves the Case for a Wise Renewable-Energy Policy image: https://ieefa.org/sites/default/files/migrated/Galion-Ohio-prices-paid-for-power-2014.png](https://ieefa.org/resources/ohio-wind-farm-proves-case-wise-renewable-energy-policy) — ieefa.org · tier other
- [Audit Report Office of Inspector General](https://oig.treasury.gov/system/files/Audit_Reports_and_Testimonies/OIG-15-045.pdf) — oig.treasury.gov · tier regulatory
- [Franklin County Ohio Clerk of Courts of the Common Pleas](https://www.bsbo.org/uploads/3/0/8/0/30807041/blue_creek_wind_farm_-_complaint__t-s_.pdf) — bsbo.org · tier other
- [PPM Energy is now Iberdrola Renewables - Avangrid](https://www.avangrid.com/w/ppm-energy-is-now-iberdrola-renewables) — avangrid.com · tier other
- [Blue Creek ITP ES69307D_Report Submittal_6Feb23.doc](https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024-12/blue-creek-hcp-2022.pdf) — fws.gov · tier regulatory
- [Federal Register :: Blue Creek Wind Farm, LLC; Supplemental Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate Filing Includes Request for Blanket Section 204 Authorization](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/11/23/2010-29440/blue-creek-wind-farm-llc-supplemental-notice-that-initial-market-based-rate-filing-includes-request) — federalregister.gov · tier regulatory
- [Source](https://avangrid.com/w/avangrid-signs-deal-with-american-municipal-power-to-provide-energy-to-ohio-homes-and-businesses-from-blue-creek-project) — avangrid.com · tier other
- [Federal Register, Volume 75 Issue 229 (Tuesday, November 30, 2010)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2010-11-30/html/2010-30057.htm) — govinfo.gov · tier regulatory
- [Source](https://www.avangrid.com/documents/d/avangridnew/20251118_blue-creek_opsb_third-amendment-pdf) — avangrid.com · tier other

## Data quality

- The EIA plant record reports 302 MW, whereas Avangrid’s project materials report 304 MW for the wider Blue Creek farm; both refer to the same Van Wert/Paulding project. The November 2010 event is documented as a regulatory certificate transfer from Heartland Wind to Blue Creek, not as a disclosed arm’s-length sale. Iberdrola’s April 2007 acquisition of ScottishPower brought predecessor PPM Energy into the Iberdrola group, but the sources do not identify a separate Blue Creek purchase price. The disclosed $600 million figure is described as private project investment; available sources also report balance-sheet financing and a subsequent Section 1603 grant, but do not disclose a separate construction-loan or tax-equity amount. The project remained operational with the original 152 Gamesa G90 configuration in the cited monitoring record. Repowering and decommissioning are discussed as possible future activities, not as completed events.

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