{"id":1004170010,"date":"2017-03-21T08:06:47","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T16:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004170010"},"modified":"2022-12-07T11:08:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T19:08:23","slug":"allete-clean-energy-to-build-100mw-wind-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/allete-clean-energy-to-build-100mw-wind-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"ALLETE Clean Energy to Build 100MW Wind Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Anca Gagiuc<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Thunder Spirit Wind Video\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f7PbMgSZoWs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Duluth, Minn.<\/strong>\u2014ALLETE Clean Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ALLETE Inc., will build, own and operate a 100-megawatt wind farm in Morton and Mercer counties in North Dakota. The firm will supply electricity to Xcel Energy under a signed 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA).<\/p>\n<p>The Clean Energy 1 project, located north of Glen Ullin, N.D., has been under development since 2011. Permits were released by the North Dakota Public Service Commission and landowner agreements are in place.<\/p>\n<p>Construction is anticipated to begin in 2018 and will use the latest wind turbine technology to maximize production. While the project is scheduled for completion in 2019, the PPA is subject to regulatory approval.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to partner with Xcel Energy to deliver additional low-cost wind resources to serve their customers,&#8221; Allan Rudeck Jr., president of ALLETE\u00a0Clean Energy, said in a prepared statement. \u201cWe will work closely with area landowners, county officials and state regulators as we harness North Dakota\u2019s world-class wind resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To qualify for federal renewable energy production tax credits, the project may utilize a set of wind turbines acquired by the firm in 2016 which meet the standards for the tax credit \u201cSafe Harbor\u201d provision.<\/p>\n<p>ALLETE Clean Energy\u2019s portfolio includes facilities in Minnesota, Iowa, Oregon and Pennsylvania that were purchased from other companies. It developed the 107.5-megawatt Thunder Spirit wind farm in North Dakota, which was\u00a0sold to Montana-Dakota Utilities in 2015. However, in January 2017, the firm announced plans to expand the facility to about 150 megawatts through a PPA with its current owner, who also has the option to purchase the expansion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWind prices are at historic lows and we\u2019re taking advantage of these low-cost projects to transition our energy fleet and secure these prices for our customers,\u201d said Chris Clark, president of Xcel Energy-Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. \u201cOur customers count on us to provide reliable and affordable energy and this investment will do just that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Video courtesy of ALLETE Clean Energy<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wind-generating facility will expand the company&#8217;s wind portfolio to 640 megawatts across five states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":237,"featured_media":1004543926,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21782,21748,13,36076,21742,21786],"tags":[34541,34540],"class_list":["post-1004170010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-development","category-industrial","category-midwest","category-minneapolis-st-paul","category-latest","category-sustainability","tag-allete-clean-energy","tag-xcel-energy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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