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September 09, 2010
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12/11/2009
 Rugby Wind Project begins commercial operation
Sioux Falls, S.D. -- MRES added 40 megawatts of renewable energy to its portfolio as the Rugby Wind Project began commercial operation Dec. 1.

The facility is located north of Rugby in north central North Dakota. In all, the project includes 71 wind generators with a total capacity of 149 megawatts. MRES contracted for 40 megawatts of power from the facility, which was developed by Iberdrola Renewables, Inc., the world’s largest provider of wind energy.

“With the addition of the Rugby project, MRES now has 82.4 megawatts of wind power capacity,” said MRES Marketing and Development Director Jeff Peters. “That means about 12 percent of the energy we supply to our members is derived from non-hydroelectric renewable resources.” MRES also gets wind energy from facilities located at Worthington, Marshall, and Odin, all in the State of Minnesota.

Wanzek Construction of Fargo, N.D., began erecting the 2.1-megawatt Suzlon turbines in the spring of 2009. Each tower has a total height of 407 feet with a rotor diameter of about 289 feet. The project also includes eight miles of transmission line that connects the generators to the power grid.

“The 40-megawatt purchase from the Rugby Wind Project is the largest wind purchase in the MRES wind resource portfolio,” Peters said. “It will be a critical resource to help MRES meet future renewable standards or objectives.”





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