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Member-Owner Cooperatives Beltrami Electric Cooperative Cass County Electric Cooperative Cavalier Rural Electric Cooperative Clearwater-Polk Electric Cooperative Nodak Electric Cooperative North Star Electric Cooperative PKM Electric Cooperative Red Lake Electric Cooperative Red River Valley Cooperative Power Association Roseau Electric Cooperative Wild Rice Electric Cooperative 123 Second St. W. • Thief River Falls, MN 56701 Bagley Public Utilities Baudette Municipal Utilities Fosston Municipal Utilities Grafton Municipal Utilities Halstad Municipal Utilities Hawley Public Utilities Park River Municipal Utilities Roseau Municipal Utilities City of Stephen Utilities Thief River Falls Municipal Utilities City of Warren Water and Light Warroad Municipal Utilities Langdon Wind Ashtabula Wind Energy Center Energy Center Power wind www.minnkota.com 701-795-4000 Minnkota’s Wind Energy Centers Minnkota Power Cooperative is purchasing energy from two wind energy centers. Langdon Wind Energy Center is located nine miles south of Langdon, N.D. This 199.5-megawatt (MW) wind farm was developed by Minnkota, NextEra Energy Resources and Otter Tail Power Company. Minnkota is purchasing energy from its 139.5 MW allocation through a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). NextEra owns 159 MW and Otter Tail owns the remaining 40.5 MW. Ashtabula Wind Energy Center, named after Lake Ashtabula, is located 15 miles northeast of Valley City, N.D. This 366-MW wind farm also was developed by Minnkota, NextEra and Otter Tail. Minnkota is purchasing energy from its 217.5-MW allocation through a 25-year PPA. NextEra owns 268.5 MW and Otter Tail owns the remaining 97.5 MW. The two wind energy centers help Minnkota meet renewable energy standards and objectives in Minnesota and North Dakota. Wind energy is also helping to supply growing loads of the associated distribution systems. To see the past 24 hours of generation from the wind farm, visit www. minnkota.com and click on Wind Energy, then scroll down to Langdon and Ashtabula.
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Member-Owner CooperativesBeltrami Electric Cooperative
Cass County Electric CooperativeCavalier Rural Electric Cooperative
Clearwater-Polk Electric CooperativeNodak Electric Cooperative
North Star Electric CooperativePKM Electric Cooperative
Red Lake Electric CooperativeRed River Valley Cooperative Power Association
Roseau Electric CooperativeWild Rice Electric Cooperative
123 Second St. W. • Thief River Falls, MN 56701
Bagley Public UtilitiesBaudette Municipal UtilitiesFosston Municipal UtilitiesGrafton Municipal UtilitiesHalstad Municipal Utilities
Hawley Public UtilitiesPark River Municipal Utilities Roseau Municipal Utilities
City of Stephen UtilitiesThief River Falls Municipal Utilities
City of Warren Water and LightWarroad Municipal Utilities La
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Minnkota’s Wind Energy Centers
Minnkota Power Cooperative is purchasing energy from two wind energy centers.
Langdon Wind Energy Center is located nine miles south of Langdon, N.D. This 199.5-megawatt (MW) wind farm was developed by Minnkota, NextEra Energy Resources and Otter Tail Power Company.
Minnkota is purchasing energy from its 139.5 MW allocation through a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). NextEra owns 159 MW and Otter Tail owns the remaining 40.5 MW.
Ashtabula Wind Energy Center, named after Lake Ashtabula, is located 15 miles northeast of Valley City, N.D. This 366-MW wind farm also was developed by Minnkota, NextEra and Otter Tail.
Minnkota is purchasing energy from its 217.5-MW allocation through a 25-year PPA. NextEra owns 268.5 MW and Otter Tail owns the remaining 97.5 MW.
The two wind energy centers help Minnkota meet renewable energy standards and objectives in Minnesota and North Dakota.
Wind energy is also helping to supply growing loads of the associated distribution systems. To see the past 24 hours of generation from the wind farm, visit www.minnkota.com and click on Wind Energy, then scroll down to Langdon and Ashtabula.
LangdonWind Energy Center
AshtabulaWind Energy Center
Location Nine miles south of Langdon, N.D.
Size 199.5 megawatts (MW) Minnkota portion: 139.5 MW Otter Tail portion: 60 MW
Turbines 133 turbines, 1.5 MW each, manufactured by General Electric
Towers Approximately 250 feet to center of hub
Blades Variable pitch – 120 feet long
Output Cut-in wind speed: 8 mph Maximum output: 35-55 mph Cut-out wind speed: 56 mph
Delivery point Langdon substation
Transmission Langdon to Hensel 115-kilovolt (kV) line, 35 miles in length
Terms Minnkota portion: 25-year Power Purchase Agreement with NextEra Energy (owner)
Otter Tail portion: 25-year Power Purchase Agreement for 19.5 MW with NextEra Energy (owner); Otter Tail owns 40.5 MW
Start-up date December 2007
Location 15 miles northeast of Valley City, N.D.Size 366 megawatts (MW) Minnkota portion: 217.5 MW Otter Tail portion: 97.5 MW NextEra portion: 51 MWTurbines 244 turbines, 1.5 MW each, manufactured by General ElectricTowers Approximately 250 feet to center of hubBlades Variable pitch – 120 feet longOutput Cut-in wind speed: 8 mph Maximum output: 35-55 mph Cut-out wind speed: 56 mphDelivery point Pillsbury substationOutlet line Pillsbury to Fargo 230-kilovolt (kV) 62-mile generator outlet lineTerms Minnkota portion: 25-year Power Purchase Agreement with NextEra Energy (owner)
Otter Tail portion: Company owns 97.5 MWStart-up date 2008/2009
Pillsbury WindSubstation
In response to customer interest in wind-generated electricity, Minnkota Power Cooperative and the Northern Municipal Power Agency (NMPA) developed the Infinity Wind Energy program for the associated cooperative and municipals.
Two 900-kilowatt, commercial-scale wind turbines are producing wind energy for customers enrolled in the program. One turbine is located six miles east of Valley City, N.D., along Interstate 94, and the other is three miles east of Petersburg, N.D., along U.S. Highway 2.
The wind turbines were installed in 2002. The Petersburg site is home to the first commercial-scale, utility-owned wind turbine in the state of North Dakota. It was commissioned in January 2002.
Why is this program being offered?A number of customers have expressed interest in wind energy and, even more importantly, have promised to pay the extra cost required to produce it.
How does this program affect customers who do not subscribe?Your power supplier believes it is important to offer wind energy to those customers who are interested in it. Only those customers who enroll in the program are paying for the turbine projects through the $.30 per 100 kWh block wind energy premium. As a result, the Infinity Wind Energy program is self-supporting.
