Prairie Rose will provide electricity for about 60,000 homes within the service area of Xcel Energy subsidiary Northern States Power-Minnesota after it comes fully online at the end of 2012.

Financial terms of the power purchase agreement (PPA) were not disclosed.

A Geronimo spokeswoman says the developer and Enel Green Power, its project partner, are in discussions with several turbine suppliers, which she did not name.

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