Fowler Ridge Wind Farm

BP Alternative Energy NA, Inc., and Dominion Resources, Inc

INTERCONNECTING UTILITY:

PJM Interconnection at American Electric Power's Dequine Substation

RMT'S ROLE:

• Engineering and construction entire BOP
• Two 34.5/345 kV 200-MW substations and interconnections, one 345 kV switchyard
• Construction of operations and maintenance facility
• 23-mile, 345 kV transmission line to interconnection

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS:

• Largest utility-scale wind energy facility in Indiana
• Largest single contract wind turbine power generation facility in U.S. history, built in a construction window of just nine months
• Managed complex interconnection for two new site substations to 345 kV transmission grid
• Maintained project schedule despite being constructed during worst winter and spring weather in the last 80 years
• Offered five local volunteer fire departments week-long training class on tower rescue
• Provided ongoing energy, environmental, and economic benefits:
• Generates enough electricity to power approximately 118,378 homes annually
• Offsets the combustion of approximately 547,033 tons of coal per year, which reduces the equivalent of 720,000 tons of CO2 emissions to the atmosphere annually
• Provides income to local landowners through annual lease payments
• Employs more than 12 full-time workers after completion