The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission on Sept. 19 approved a July 20 application from Blazing Star Wind Farm LLC for a certificate of need application for a 200-MW wind project in Lincoln County as being substantially complete and ready for further commission and public review.
The commission designated Kevin George to facilitate and coordinate public participation in this proceeding. His contact information is: Kevin George, Public Advisor, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, 121 Seventh Place East, Suite 350, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101-2147, telephone 651-221-2251, consumer@puc.state.mn.mn.us.
Blazing Star told the commission in the July 20 application that it had not made a final selection on wind turbine generators, but is proposing to utilize between 57 and 100 turbines ranging from 2 MW to 3.5 MW in size.
The project will interconnect at the new Brookings to Lyon County 345-kV line, one of the lines designated by the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) as a Multi Value Project (MVP). Blazing Star plans to construct the project on a schedule that facilitates an in-service date in 2018.
Blazing Star’s parent, Geronimo Energy LLC, is a utility-scale renewable energy developer headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with satellite offices located in southwest Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Illinois and Michigan.
A project contact is: Patrick Smith, Blazing Star Wind Farm LLC, Geronimo Energy LLC, 7650 Edinborough Way, Suite 725, Edina, Minnesota 55435, (952) 988-9000.
