1.85 MW
Project Size
4,700 MWh
Annual Production
3,850 Tons
Carbon Offset
524 Homes
Power Equivalent
Winery to produce 100 percent of its own power
A new wind turbine with blades reaching nearly 400 feet into the sky was erected at Scheid Vineyards, where the machine generates 100 percent of the power needed to run the winery and bottling operations four miles south of Greenfield.
Located a quarter-mile west of Highway 101, the wind turbine can be seen for miles. Its tower stands 264 feet tall with three propeller-like blades, each 132 feet long, for a total height of 396 feet above ground. The blades rotate about 22 revolutions per minute and annually produce 1.85 megawatts of electricity — enough to power the entire facility.
All 4,000 acres of Scheid's estate vineyards in Monterey County are officially certified by the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance. The winery recycles all its wastewater, composts grape must as vineyard nutrition, uses drip irrigation and low-impact farming methods, and has placed more than 250 owl boxes to control rodent populations naturally.
"Installing this wind turbine is yet another facet of our desire to be good stewards of the environment."
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