TRIPLECREEKWINDFARM
Developer: Nature Energies
Type of project: Commercial
Location: South of Kasson in Dodge County
Turbines: 34, total 50 MW
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Estimated operation date: 2010-2012
Current status: Landowner agreements in place; permitting and engineering is under way; turbine supply agreement is under negotiation
ROOT RIVER ENERGY, LLC
Developer: National Wind
Type of project: C-BED
Location: Fillmore and Mower counties
Turbines: Not available, total 300 MW
Estimated operation date: 2013
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Current status: Securing landowner agreements and doing wind study
GOODHUE WIND, LLC
Developer: National Wind
Type of project: C-BED
Location: Goodhue County
Turbines: Not available, total 78 MW
Estimated operation date: 2010
Current status: Securing landowner agreements and doing wind study
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HIGH COUNTRY ENERGY, LLC
Developer: National Wind
Type of Project: C-BED
Location: Dodge and Olmsted counties
Turbines: Not available, total 300 MW
Estimated operation date: 2011
Current status: In the process of landowner agreements and the wind study
BENT TREE WIND FARM
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Developer: Wisconsin Power and Light Company
Type of Project: Commercial
Location: Freeborn County
Turbines: Not available, total 200 MW with possibility of another 200 MW
Estimated operation date: 2010
Current status: Awaiting word from Minnesota Public Utilities Commission on Certificate of Need application
EYOTA-VIOLA WIND FARM
Developer: Nature Energies
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Type of project: Commercial
Location: Between Eyota and Viola in Olmsted County
Turbines: 40, total 60 MW
Estimated operation date: 2010
Current status: Landowner agreements in place, permitting and engineering are under way; turbine supply agreement is under negotiation
DODGE COUNTY WIND FARM
Developer: Nature Energies
Type of project: Commercial
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Location: Between Dodge Center, Hayfield, Blooming Prairie and Claremont in Dodge County
Turbines: 300, total 450 MW
Estimated operation date: 2011 or 2012
Current status: Working on landowner agreements; permitting and engineering is under way; turbine supply agreement is under negotiation
KENYON WIND PROJECT
(made up of nine separate limited-
liability companies)
Developer: Kenyon Wind, LLC
Type of project: C-BED
Location: Kenyon and Cherry Grove townships in Goodhue County
Turbines: 9, total 18.9 MW
Estimated operation date: Information not available
Current status: Minnesota Public Utilities Commission extended site permit for Kenyon Wind, LLC; working on power purchase agreement with utility companies
CRANE CREEK WIND FARM
Developer: enXco
Type of project: Commercial
Location: South of LeRoy, near Riceville in Howard County, Iowa
Turbines: 66, total 99 MW
Estimated operation date: December ’09
Current status: Seeking land easements and project design
WINONA
Developer: Juhl Wind
Type of Project: C-BED
Location: Just outside of Winona
Turbines: 2, total 1.8 or 2 MW
Estimated operation date: 2009
Current status: Negotiating power purchase agreements
BROWNSDALE
Developer: Juhl Wind
Type of Project: C-BED
Location: 2.5 miles north of Brownsdale in Waltham Township in Mower County
Turbines: 40, total 40 MW
Estimated operation date: 2010
Current status: Interconnection phase; conducting studies to see how the project would plug into the grid; land is secured and permitting is complete
ECOHARMONY WEST WIND PROJECT
Developer: EcoEnergy; EcoHarmony West Wind, LLC
Type of Project: Commercial
Location: Harmony, Bristol, York, Carimona, Forestville and Preston townships in Fillmore County
Turbines: Either 134 1.5-MW turbines or 87 2.3-MW turbines, total 200 MW
Estimated operation date: Not available
Current status: Site permit application accepted by Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; holding public meetings and hearings on the project
ALSO IN THE WORKS
Three or four more C-BED projects from Juhl Wind are in the feasibility study stage.
— Sarah Doty
