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FPL wind project would be North Dakota's largest

Herald Tribune|Associated Press|January 16, 2008
North DakotaGeneral

Days after North Dakota's biggest wind farm began operating near Langdon, a developer has filed plans to construct a larger one in Barnes County, east of Lake Ashtabula. The company hopes to finish the project by year's end. North Dakota's Public Service Commission was notified this week of FPL Energy's intentions to construct a 200-megawatt wind farm, which would include 133 turbines. ...Public Service Commissioner Kevin Cramer said FPL Energy has already obtained the needed leases to place its wind towers. A zoning change is needed for the property, which Barnes County officials are considering. FPL Energy needs to finish the project by Dec. 31 to qualify for a federal tax break for the wind farm, Cramer said.


Days after North Dakota's biggest wind farm began operating near Langdon, a developer has filed plans to construct a larger one in Barnes County, east of Lake Ashtabula. The company hopes to finish the project by year's end.

North Dakota's Public Service Commission was notified this week of FPL Energy's intentions to construct a 200-megawatt wind farm, which would include 133 turbines.

The Langdon project, which FPL developed with Minnkota Power Cooperative of Grand Forks and Otter Tail Power Co. of Fergus Falls, Minn., has 106 turbines capable of generating 159 megawatts of power.

The turbines are located between six and 12 miles south of Langdon in Cavalier County in northeastern North Dakota. The wind farm became operational …

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Days after North Dakota's biggest wind farm began operating near Langdon, a developer has filed plans to construct a larger one in Barnes County, east of Lake Ashtabula. The company hopes to finish the project by year's end.

North Dakota's Public Service Commission was notified this week of FPL Energy's intentions to construct a 200-megawatt wind farm, which would include 133 turbines.

The Langdon project, which FPL developed with Minnkota Power Cooperative of Grand Forks and Otter Tail Power Co. of Fergus Falls, Minn., has 106 turbines capable of generating 159 megawatts of power.

The turbines are located between six and 12 miles south of Langdon in Cavalier County in northeastern North Dakota. The wind farm became operational last Saturday.

FPL Energy, which is based in Juno Beach and operates a power plant near Parrish, also has wind farms near Kulm and Edgeley in southeastern North Dakota, and at Wilton, in the west-central part of the state.

The Public Service Commission will be in charge of siting the Barnes County wind project. FPL Energy said in a letter to the commission that it hopes to file a formal permit application by Feb. 5.

It wants a permit by May 1, and to finish work on the wind farm by year's end, the letter says. The turbines would be located on 35 square miles northeast of Valley City.

Public Service Commissioner Kevin Cramer said FPL Energy has already obtained the needed leases to place its wind towers. A zoning change is needed for the property, which Barnes County officials are considering.

FPL Energy needs to finish the project by Dec. 31 to qualify for a federal tax break for the wind farm, Cramer said.

The company's letter does not say it has a customer for the electricity, but wind power is in demand from area utilities.

Last month, Xcel Energy Inc., which supplies electricity to Fargo, West Fargo, Grand Forks and Minot, requested proposals from developers to buy 500 megawatts of wind energy. The proposals are due Feb. 29.

 


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