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NG North America outlines plan to remove 100 turbines, repower Prairie Hill wind project in Limestone County
Summary
NG North America told Limestone County commissioners it will decommission 100 underperforming turbines at the Prairie Hill project and replace them with 63 larger turbines over 2026–27, using controlled blasts for felling and onsite recycling, while assuring ongoing public notifications and local tax commitments.
Russ Keane, a representative of NG North America, told the Limestone County Commissioners Court that the company will decommission the existing Prairie Hill wind array and repower it with fewer, larger turbines intended to restore the project’s authorized 300 megawatts.
"We will replace those 100 turbines starting later this year and throughout '27 with 63 bigger, more powerful turbines," Keane said, describing the company’s plan to remove outdated equipment and install larger 4.8-megawatt machines that require new foundations and larger setbacks.
The company said the existing Imperial/Prairie Hill project had underperformed since its inception and that a technical and commercial solution required taking down the old units and installing new ones in different foundation…
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