Beech Ridge II Wind Energy Center
Wind power plant · Greenbrier County, West Virginia
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Southern Power Co
- County
- Greenbrier County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.35%
- Rank among wind plants in West Virginia
- #7 of 8
- EIA plant code
- 62482
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 56 MW | 56 MW | 2020 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in West Virginia
| Morgantown Energy Facility | Coal | 69 MW |
| Mountaineer Wind Energy Center | Wind | 66 MW |
| Pinnacle Wind Force LLC | Wind | 54 MW |
| Willow Island Hydroelectric Plant | Hydro | 44 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 56 MW solar plant and a 56 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All West Virginia power plants · What West Virginia actually generates