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Company outlines decommissioning and repowering of Prairie Hill wind farm; court receives report
Summary
NG North America (Engie) told the court it will decommission about 100 older turbines and replace them with 63 larger machines, keep a 300 MW nameplate, recycle components (metals to Houston, fiberglass shredded in Amarillo/Iowa) and coordinate safety and community outreach; the court accepted the report for recording.
Russ Keane, representing NG North America (Engie), and company staff briefed McLennan County commissioners on the Prairie Hill wind farm decommissioning and repowering program, which the company said will remove about 100 older turbines and replace them with 63 larger, modern turbines while maintaining a roughly 300 megawatt nameplate.
Keane described the multiyear plan as a decommissioning followed by new construction: crews have felled test towers and are sequencing batches of removals and cleanup. Company representatives said roughly nine turbines were scheduled to come down "today and tomorrow," with multiple batches…
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