Timing is of the essence for Wind X, because Berkshire Hathaway-owned MidAmerican wants to have the huge project finished by the end of 2016, to remain eligible for the production tax credit.
Earlier this year MidAmerican revealed plans for Wind X, which would follow on its recent 1.05GW Wind VIII and 162MW Wind IX expansions in Iowa.
In April, the Des Moines-based rate-regulated utility requested that regulators sign off on a construction budget of $1.638m