ALLETE Clean Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ALLETE, today closed an approximately $84 million sale of the 48-MW phase two of the Thunder Spirit wind facility in North Dakota to Montana-Dakota Utilities. Montana-Dakota Utilities, a division of MDU Resources Group, which owns and operates Thunder Spirit’s first phase also built by ALLETE Clean Energy, exercised…
ALLETE Clean Energy to build 80-MW Montana wind farm
ALLETE Clean Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ALLETE Inc., announced it will construct, own and operate an 80-MW wind energy facility near Great Falls, Montana, that will supply electricity to NorthWestern Energy under a signed power sale agreement. ALLETE Clean Energy acquired the South Peak project from Peak Clean Energy and will manage construction of…
ALLETE orders PTC-qualifying wind turbines from GE
ALLETE Clean Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ALLETE Inc., announced a 40-MW purchase of wind turbines from GE Renewable Energy. The turbines qualify for 80% of the Production Tax Credit (PTC) and would create more than 400 MW of additional qualified wind projects through 2021. This latest purchase will bring ALLETE Clean Energy’s total wind…
ALLETE signs 100-MW PPA for new North Dakota wind farm
ALLETE Clean Energy announced its plan to build, own, and operate a 100-MW wind farm in Morton and Mercer counties in North Dakota that will supply electricity to Xcel Energy under a signed power-purchase agreement. “We are excited to partner with Xcel Energy to deliver additional low-cost wind resources to serve their customers,” said Allan…
Montana-Dakota Utilities acquires North Dakota’s Thunder Spirit Wind
Montana-Dakota Utilities, a division of MDU Resources Group, has officially completed the purchase of Thunder Spirit Wind from ALLETE Clean Energy. ALLETE recently completed construction on the 107.5-MW wind project, which is located near Hettinger, North Dakota. All 43 turbines are now in commercial operation, and the $220 million (approximately) wind farm can serve about…
EDF Renewable Services wins remote-monitoring contract with ALLETE Clean Energy
EDF Renewable Services (EDF RS), a provider of renewable O&M services in North America, has entered into a contract with ALLETE Clean Energy (ACE), to provide 24/7/365 remote-monitoring and turbine resets for five of its wind projects located in Oregon, Iowa, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania. The projects include: Condon (49.8 MW) in Oregon, Storm Lake I (108…
Allete Clean Energy acquires PA wind facility
Allete Clean Energy (ACE) has closed on the purchase of a 100.5 MW Pennsylvania wind farm from the AES Corporation (AES). ACE acquired the Armenia Mountain wind facility, located near Troy, Pennsylvania from AES and a non-controlling interest from a minority shareholder for a total of $108 million, plus the assumption of existing debt. Allete Clean…
ALLETE Clean Energy acquires AES’ Armenia Mountain Wind Project
ALLETE Clean Energy (ACE) has agreed to acquire 100% of AES Armenia Mountain Wind’s 100.5-megawatt (MW) wind facility near Troy, Pennsylvania, including a non-controlling interest from a minority shareholder for a total of $108 million and the assumption of existing debt. Located in the busy PJM electricity market near the New York-Pennsylvania border, Armenia Mountain’s…
Bison 3 gallops along in North Dakota
Minnesota Power says it has accelerated plans to build a third wind-energy project in North Dakota, thanks to a competitive turbine market, federal production tax credits, and regulatory support as factors for moving up its timeline. The company submitted a plan to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission this week to build a 105 MW, $157…