Spring Valley Wind Farm

Spring Valley Wind Farm is Nevada's first wind farm. The farm is owned and operated by Pattern Energy. The facility is located in Spring Valley, northwest of Great Basin National Park and approximately 30 miles east of Ely, Nevada. The 151.8 megawatts plant utilizes 66 2.3 megawatts wind turbines and occupies 77 acres in the center of Spring Valley, which consists of 7,673 acres .
The wind farm, in consideration since 2003, was officially proposed to the White Pine County Commission in February 2008, with plans to have the facility operational in two years. Delays occurred when the Bureau of Land Management sought further information from the developer about the site. The BLM approved the project in October 2010, but a lawsuit was filed in January 2011, alleging that the BLM quickly approved the project without conducting a full environmental analysis. The lawsuit stated that the wind farm would endanger Mexican free-tailed bats and other airborne animals, and that the location for the proposed project violated American Indian culture as it was near the site of an Indian massacre that occurred during the Goshute War in 1863.

Wikipedia