The Shiloh Wind Power Plant is a wind farm

Wind farm

A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electric power. A large wind farm may consist of several hundred individual wind turbines, and cover an extended area of hundreds of square miles, but the land between the turbines may be used for agricultural or other...

 located in the Montezuma Hills

Montezuma Hills

The Montezuma Hills comprise a small range of low-elevation hills at the northern banks of the Sacramento River Delta in Solano County, California. The Montezuma Hills are bounded by the Sacramento River on the south and east; the Montezuma Slough on the west and roughly by California State Route...

 of Solano County

Solano County, California

Solano County is a county located in Bay-Delta region of the U.S. state of California, about halfway between San Francisco and Sacramento and is one of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties. The county's population was reported by the U.S. Census to be 413,344 in 2010...

, California

California

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, USA

United States

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, very near to Bird's Landing. It has a nameplate capacity

Nameplate capacity

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 of 300 megawatts (MW) of power and was built in two stages.

Shiloh I

Started in August 2005 and completed in April 2006, the first phase of the wind farm consists of 100 GE 1.5 MW wind turbine

GE 1.5 MW wind turbine

GE Wind Energy is a branch of GE Energy, a subsidiary of General Electric. The company manufactures and sells wind turbines to the international market. In 2009, GE was the second largest wind turbine manufacturer in the world.-History:...

s. They are spread across 6800 acres (27.5 km²) of rolling hills and cost roughly $220 million to build. The turbines are owned by Iberdrola Renewables

Iberdrola

Iberdrola , headquartered in Bilbao, is a private utility with a global footprint and over 150 years of experience...

 (formerly known as PPM Energy) and the electricity is sold to Pacific Gas and Electric (75 MW), the Modesto

Modesto, California

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 Irrigation District (50 MW), and the City of Palo Alto

Palo Alto, California

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(25 MW).

The land for the turbines is leased from 26 local landowners, who continue to use it for sheep grazing and growing hay. Of the 100 turbines, 76 towers are 80 meters (262 ft) tall, and 24 towers are 65 m (213 ft) tall. The turbine rotors have a diameter of 77 m (253 ft) and rotate at a rate of 11–20 revolutions per minute.

Shiloh II

EnXco started commercial operation of the 150-megawatt Shiloh II wind farm in February 2009. The wind farm has 75 REpower MM92 turbines, each generating up to 2 megawatts. It produces enough energy for 74,000 homes. EnXco has a 20-year contract to sell the power to Pacific Gas and Electric Co.