| Wind Watch is a registered educational charity, founded in 2005. |
New wind farm proposed for Freeborn Co.
Credit: By Sarah Stultz | Albert Lea Tribune | April 26, 2015 | www.albertleatribune.com ~~
Translate: FROM English | TO English
Translate: FROM English | TO English
Freeborn County officials have received word of a 200-megawatt wind farm proposed to be constructed in eastern Freeborn County.
The proposed project, called the Freeborn Wind Energy Project, would be built on an approximately 40,000-acre site, about 1 1/2 miles east of Glenville, according to a letter sent to Freeborn County officials by Barr Engineering firm in Minneapolis, which was hired to help with the environmental permit.
The project has boundaries on the south at the Minnesota-Iowa border, on the northwest near Hayward and on the east past Myrtle, all in Freeborn County, according to a proposed map of the project’s footprint.
Freeborn County Administrator John Kluever said the wind farm, by Invenergy LLC., would be similar in size to the Bent Tree Wind Farm north of Albert Lea.
According to its website, Invenergy is North America’s largest independent wind power generation company and is headquartered in Chicago. The site stated the company has more than 6,700 megawatts of projects in operation, with more than 2,300 megawatts under contract or in construction.
The letter said Invenergy plans to file its application to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission in October. It plans to be operating by December 2016.
This article is the work of the source indicated. Any opinions expressed in it are not necessarily those of National Wind Watch.
The copyright of this article resides with the author or publisher indicated. As part of its noncommercial educational effort to present the environmental, social, scientific, and economic issues of large-scale wind power development to a global audience seeking such information, National Wind Watch endeavors to observe “fair use” as provided for in section 107 of U.S. Copyright Law and similar “fair dealing” provisions of the copyright laws of other nations. Send requests to excerpt, general inquiries, and comments via e-mail.
| Wind Watch relies entirely on User Funding |
 (via Stripe) |
 (via Paypal) |
Share:
[ Short URL: https://wind-watch.org/news/?p=71412 ]
