Barnes County wind project (200 MW) would be ND's largest

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http://www.dglobe.com/ap/index.cfm?page=view&id=D8U6VDF00

Barnes County wind project would be ND's largest

The Associated Press - Wednesday, January 16, 2008
BISMARCK, N.D.

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.

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1. When I go to the UK, I see windfarms all over the place

About time we caught up.