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60-MW Busch Ranch II wind project in Colorado officially comes online

By WPED Staff | December 2, 2019

Black Hills Corp. announced that construction has been completed and commercial operations started for the 60-MW Busch Ranch II wind project in southern Colorado and the 35-mile Natural Bridge pipeline in eastern Wyoming.

The $71 million wind project was developed by Black Hills Corp.’s power generation segment Black Hills Electric Generation for its affiliate electric utility, Colorado Electric. The project is sited on 13,000 acres south of Pueblo, Colorado, in Huerfano and Las Animas Counties. All of the wind project’s energy will be delivered to Colorado Electric through a 25-year power purchase agreement.

Wyoming Gas’ $54 million, 12-inch steel Natural Bridge pipeline connects to new supply points near Douglas, Wyoming, and interconnects to existing facilities near Casper, Wyoming. The new pipeline enhances reliability of supply and provides additional capacity for approximately 57,000 customers in central Wyoming.

“These two projects showcase our commitment to cleaner energy and reliability,” said Linden “Linn” R. Evans, president and CEO of Black Hills Corp. “The Colorado wind project continues our 21st century generation model of clean energy development. For over a decade, we have been modernizing our electric system and growing our renewable energy portfolio to build one of the cleanest energy grids in Colorado, fueled by wind, solar and natural gas generation. The new Wyoming pipeline provides additional capacity and access to new supply to ensure that Black Hills can cost-effectively meet long-term demand for our natural gas customers in the Casper and Riverton areas of Wyoming.”

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  1. Hugh says

    December 3, 2019 at 1:30 pm

    Does the pipeline right-of-way permit creation of an electrical transmission line along the same route to support the gradual replacement of the carbon pollution of natural gas without loss of revenue for the transmission corridor?

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