WESSINGTON SPRINGS, — Heartland Consumers Power District has partnered with the Australian firm that is buying NorthWestern Corp. and has agreed to buy electricity produced by turbines at what will be one of the state’s largest wind farms.
The wind farm will spread over about 3,000 acres south of Wessington Springs.
Jim Burg, Wessington Springs mayor and former state Public Utilities Commission member, said preparation for construction could start soon.
“I think you’ll see a lot of activity this year as far as testing soils and surveying and all those types of things,” he said.
The project includes 34 large wind turbines, each 262 feet tall with a rotor diameter of 253 feet.
The largest wind farm in the state now, near Highmore, has 27 turbines. Other projects already in the works could end up being larger.
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