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John Deere To Develop 12-MW Wind Farm in Greensburg, Kansas

April 22, 2009 | 1 Comment

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Kansas, United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com] Last year, the community of Greensburg, Kansas was leveled by a massive tornado. Now, the City of Greensburg and John Deere Renewables have announced their plans to develop the Greensburg Wind Farm to help the community recover.

"This model will serve as an example of how communities can meet their sustainable goals through collaboration."

-- Steve Hewitt, Greensburg City Administrator

The Greensburg Wind Farm will consist of ten 1.25-megawatt (MW) wind turbines, and will align with the community’s green rebuilding initiative. If development milestones are met, groundbreaking could take place in summer 2009. John Deere said that commercial operation could occur as early as 2010.

“The City of Greensburg is thrilled to see this project begin, as it will meet our energy goals to be 100% renewable,” said Steve Hewitt, Greensburg City Administrator. “This model will serve as an example of how communities can meet their sustainable goals through collaboration. Our efforts to be a green community hinge on our energy model.”

NativeEnergy Inc. will be the exclusive marketer of renewable energy credits (RECs) from the wind farm, purchasing about two thirds of the wind farm’s expected REC output over 20 years and providing critical revenues to enable project financing. Clipper Wind Power Inc., shared wind assessment information, which helped in the siting process and enabled the project to move forward.

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raymond-mcpherson-9043

April 23, 2009

This is great news, Kansas has an abundance of wind resources. I'm curious what type of foundation design they're using on this wind project ? If they're using the Spread type design or the P&H design ? If they used the P&H design they could save approx. enough to build an additional six foundations or 8 MW of wind power. And save an additional 30% of the projects cost by utilizing the benifits in the Stimulus Package incentives. Somrthing to consider. Additionally they could lower the projects carbon footprint by approx. 30%.
Sincerely,
Ray McPherson
American Wind Works, LLC
866-565-5348
windworkernw@yahoo.com

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