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Invenergy outlines early-stage wind project in southern Wright County; company stresses voluntary easements and environmental reviews
Summary
Invenergy representatives described a long-range plan to develop up to roughly 50 MW in southern Wright County, outlined timelines to 2029–2030, discussed voluntary easements with landowners and said environmental and transmission studies will guide siting.
Representatives from Invenergy presented an early-stage plan on May 27 to develop wind generation in southern Wright County, saying the project is still in the land-acquisition and study phase and that construction would not begin for several years.
"We began the land campaign here in Wright County in 2022," David Palmer, Invenergy manager of community affairs, told the board. He said the company has signed easements on roughly 14,500 acres with more than 30 landowners and models the project today at about 50 megawatts of generation capacity; engineers are modeling turbines at about 4 MW each…
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