Not something that I do for work, but I got to go on a PoCo-sponsored (Portland General Electric) tour of a hydro plant and a wind farm. Pictures are located here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/noderaser/sets/72157617691920124/The wind farm is Biglow Canyon, a project with Vestas and Siemens turbines in the Columbia River Gorge near Wasco and Rufus, Oregon. Its design capacity (when completed) will be 400 MW. It is located on private farmland; the turbines and substation are owned by Portland General Electric.
The dam is Bonnveille Dam, the lowest dam on the Columbia River, which first opened in 1937. After a second powerhouse was constructed in 1981, it now has a design capacity of 1100 MW. It is owned and operated by the Army Corps of Engineers.
Distribution and sale of the power from both facilities is done by the Bonneville Power Administration.
