Second Utility-scale Wind Farm Announced for Missouri

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http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/16407/

Less than six months after announcing the state's first commercial wind farm, Wind Capital Group, John Deere Wind Energy and Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. said today a second 50-megawatt wind farm will be constructed in Atchison County, Missouri.

The 50-megawatt Cow Branch Wind Energy Project will be located between Rock Port and Tarkio, Mo., which is about 50 miles from the site where construction is under way on the first project: the Bluegrass Ridge Wind Farm near King City, Mo., in Gentry County.

"It's exciting that farmers right here in rural Missouri are the ones leading the way toward more energy independence for our country," said Tom Carnahan, project developer and president of Wind Capital Group of St. Louis. "I want to thank John Deere, Missouri's rural electric cooperatives, and most of all, the landowners and community in Atchison County for making this possible."

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Similar to the first wind farm, the Cow Branch project will consist of 24 Suzlon S-88, 2.1-MW turbines. Combined, the two farms can produce 100 MW. That's enough power for about 30,000 homes. The electricity will be purchased by Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. and distributed through its network of regional and local rural electric cooperatives. Construction will begin in early 2007, and wind turbines are expected to arrive in the spring. The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2007.

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[liberal N proud]

1. Cool! Way to go Northwest Missouri

I lived about 20 miles from there for many years.