07/09/2015 Taconite Ridge Wind FarmTour near Virginia (20 people)
Name:
07/09/2015 Taconite Ridge Wind FarmTour near Virginia (20 people)
Date:
July 9, 2015
Time:
11:30 AM - 3:00 PM CDT
Website:
http://www.mnutilityinvestors.org
Event Description:
MUI Member Tour
Taconite Ridge Wind Energy Center
AGENDA
Taconite Ridge Wind Energy Center
AGENDA
11:30 a.m. Meet at Grandma’s Restaurant
1302 S 12th Ave W
Virginia, MN 55792
11:45 am Lunch at Grandma’s Restaurant
12:45 p.m. Carpool to MNPower’s Taconite Ridge Wind Farm
3:00 pm Leave Taconite Ridge Wind Energy Center
Taconite Ridge Wind Energy Center
Location: Located in central St. Louis County on property owned by United States Steel Corp. near its Minntac mine in Mountain Iron, Minn.
Description: Ten wind turbines, each capable of producing 2.5 megawatts of electricity. Each tower is 262 feet tall and each blade is 153 feet long. Taconite Ridge began operating in June 2008.
Power production capability: 25 megawatts.
1302 S 12th Ave W
Virginia, MN 55792
11:45 am Lunch at Grandma’s Restaurant
12:45 p.m. Carpool to MNPower’s Taconite Ridge Wind Farm
3:00 pm Leave Taconite Ridge Wind Energy Center
Taconite Ridge Wind Energy Center
Location: Located in central St. Louis County on property owned by United States Steel Corp. near its Minntac mine in Mountain Iron, Minn.
Description: Ten wind turbines, each capable of producing 2.5 megawatts of electricity. Each tower is 262 feet tall and each blade is 153 feet long. Taconite Ridge began operating in June 2008.
Power production capability: 25 megawatts.
