Affiliated companies seek approval for 5 MW of Iowa wind projects

April 16, 2013 Barry Cassell Generation

Optimum Wind 1 LLC and Optimum Wind 2 LLC applied April 16 at the Iowa Utilities Board for eligibility for the Iowa Renewable Energy Tax Credit.

Optimum Wind 1 LLC owns a 100% equity interest in its 2.5-MW facility. Optimum Wind 1 does not have any ownership interest in any other renewable energy facility. Its Turbine 1 will be located in Story County, northeast of Ames, Iowa.

The Optimum Wind 1 facility will be placed into service between Dec. 31, 2013, and Jan. 1, 2015. “Optimum Wind 1 LLC intends to sell all renewable energy to a generation utility company,” said the application.

The April 16 application from Optimum Wind 2 LLC is virtually identical to the application from Optimum Wind 1, including the same company contact information. Optimum Wind 2 owns 100% of the equity interest in its own planned 2.5-MW facility. Its Turbine 1 will also be located in Story County, northeast of Ames.

Its turbine would be placed in service between Dec. 31, 2013, and Jan. 1, 2015. “Optimum Wind 2 LLC intends to sell all renewable energy to a generation utility company,” the application said.

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Barry Cassell is Chief Analyst for GenerationHub covering coal and emission controls issues, projects and policy. He has covered the coal and power generation industry for more than 24 years, beginning in November 2011 at GenerationHub and prior to that as editor of SNL Energy’s Coal Report. He was formerly with Coal Outlook for 15 years as the publication’s editor and contributing writer, and prior to that he was editor of Coal & Synfuels Technology and associate editor of The Energy Report. He has a bachelor’s degree from Central Michigan University.
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