Bismarck-based Basin Electric Power Cooperative signed a 25-year power purchase agreement with Antelope last year for the full output of the 172-megawatt wind farm. Commissioner Randy Christmann said wind power is a “significant part of the solution” to northwest North Dakota’s need for more power in coming years. However, he added, “It does concern me, as we continue to grow the amount of wind power that’s making up our generation system, exactly what’s going to happen in the future when we get some real calm days when it’s extraordinarily hot or extraordinarily cold.”
Posted on: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 17:00:01 +0000
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