Wind farm planned near Groton
GROTON, NORTH DAKOTA - A wind farm with 66 turbines is being planned near Groton under an agreement between Basin Electric Power Cooperative and a private company.
Florida-based NextEra Energy Resources, formerly known as FPL Energy, will build, own and operate the Day County Wind Farm. Basin Electric will purchase the electricity.
The wind farm is expected to cost $250 million and be operational in early 2010.
Basin Electric and NextEra Energy are partners in three other wind farms in North Dakota and one in South Dakota. North Dakota-based Basin Electric generates and transmits electricity to member rural electric systems in the Dakotas and other states.
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Canada to spend $2M on study to improve Atlantic region's electricity grid
HALIFAX - The federal government will spend $2 million on an engineering study to improve the Atlantic region's electricity grid.
The study was announced Friday at a news conference held by 10 federal and provincial politicians at a meeting of the Atlantic Growth Strategy in Halifax
The technical review will identify the most important transmission projects including inter-provincial ties needed to move electricity across the region.
Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil said the results are expected in July.
Provinces will apply to the federal government for funding to build the infrastructure. Utilities in each province will be expected to pay some portion of the…
