Wind Farm Near New Salem Expanding

The Bismarck Tribune is reporting:

Minnesota Power plans to begin construction this year on a 200-megawatt expansion of its Bison wind project.

Bison 4 will increase the company’s total wind generation by more than 50 percent to more than 600 megawatts of power. The expansion will make Minnesota Power’s Bison project the largest single wind energy center in North Dakota at 500 megawatts.

The project is estimated to cost $345 million and will be built on 50,000 acres in Oliver County, north and west of the project’s first three phases currently in operation. The expansion will include a new substation and 11 miles of transmission line.

Don't even get me started. As long as Minnesotans don't mind paying more for their electricity, and, of course, as Don points out in an e-mail, less tax revenue being generated for the state of Minnesota. Unfortunately the migratory birds don't get a vote.