The Mower County conditionaluse permits allow RES Americas to build a substation and also a 4.95-mile161-KV transmission line connecting it to a larger substation.
Once built, thedeveloper will sell the wind farm to Xcel Energy.
The Minnesota Public UtilitiesCommission recently approved the developer’s application to amend the sitepermit from the original 301MW nameplate capacity project to 200MW, which isthe amount Xcel Energy’s Northern States Power unit has agreed to purchaseunder a long-term agreement.
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