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Harvey Pushed This Texas Wind Farm All the Way to the Max
- Pattern power plant remained in operation as Harvey hit coast
- Turbines typically shut down when winds reach 55 miles an hour
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For a wind farm in the path of a hurricane, location matters.
Pattern Energy Group Inc.’s Gulf Wind farm in Texas remained in operation even as Hurricane Harvey devastated the state with a deluge of rain and winds that reached 130 miles an hour. The 283-megawatt power plant is in Armstrong, about 85 miles (137 kilometers) from Corpus Christi, where the storm crashed into the coast.