| ND Regulators Approve New Salem Wind Project |
| 9/29/2009 |
| North Dakota regulators have approved a new 75.9-megawatt wind power project. Minnesota Power wants to build 33 wind turbines north of New Salem, almost 30 miles west of Mandan. North Dakota`s Public Service Commission approved a construction permit for the project Tuesday. The wind farm is near western North Dakota`s coal-mining region, but Commissioner Tony Clark says there are no known lignite deposits within the project`s area. Clark says the wind project will include features meant to protect endangered whooping cranes. The turbine towers will be within a flight area used by whooping cranes when they move south for the winter. Minnesota Power is part of Allete Inc. of Duluth, Minn. The company is also building a 22-mile power line to transmit electricity generated by the new wind farm. |
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