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Xcel Wind Farm Construction Scheduled For Minnesota




Xcel Energy receives approvals that position it to start construction on a one-hundred megawatt wind farm, Grand Meadow, in Mower County, Minnesota. This positions Minnesota to achieve aggressive renewable energy goals. ...
... "Xcel Energy has contracted with enXco Development Corp., an EDF-EN company, to build the wind farm. The project will consist of 67, 1.5-megawatt wind turbines to be located approximately 15 miles east of Austin, Minn. The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission in December determined the project was needed and last week granted a site permit for the wind farm. Those approvals cleared the way for construction to begin in spring. The project remains on schedule to begin producing power by the end of the year. " ...
Via Xcel Energy: Mower County wind farm

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