Taconite Ridge Energy Center (Mountain Iron, Minnesota)
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Dedicated June 12, 2008, Taconite Ridge Energy Center is a 25 megawatt (nameplate capacity) wind farm consisting of 10 - 2.5 megawatt Clipper Liberty C96 wind turbines. Each wind turbine is 265 feet tall with blades that are 140 feet in length. The wind farm is located about 5 miles northwest of Virginia, Minnesota, on/near US Steel's Mountain Iron mine.
This $50 Million investment by Minnesota Power is a marked shift towards renewable power and away from non-renewable coal fired generation. One of numerous investments by Minnesota Power towards cleaner generation of electrical power.
Video: www.mnpower.com/video/taconite_ridge_1_video.wmv
www.mnpower.com/wind/index.htm
www.apigroupinc.com/taconite_ridge.php
www.mnpower.com/wind/tacridge%20photo%20document.pdf
This $50 Million investment by Minnesota Power is a marked shift towards renewable power and away from non-renewable coal fired generation. One of numerous investments by Minnesota Power towards cleaner generation of electrical power.
Video: www.mnpower.com/video/taconite_ridge_1_video.wmv
www.mnpower.com/wind/index.htm
www.apigroupinc.com/taconite_ridge.php
www.mnpower.com/wind/tacridge%20photo%20document.pdf
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 47°34'20"N 92°35'55"W
- Pleasant Valley Wind Farm 411 km
- Highland Wind Farm 548 km
- Bison Wind Farm 694 km
- Rolling Hills Wind Farm 722 km
- Bishop Hill I Wind Farm 722 km
- Prairie Breeze I Wind Farm 765 km
- Brady I Wind Energy Center 789 km
- Blackspring Ridge Wind Farm 1516 km
- Shepherds Flat Wind Farm 2101 km
- Windy Point/Windy Flats wind farm 2158 km
- U.S. Steel Minntac Taconite Plant 2.7 km
- U.S. Steel Mountain Iron Mine (Minntac) 4.6 km
- Britt, Minnesota 7.7 km
- ArcelorMittal Minorca Taconite Plant 7.9 km
- Sand Lake 8.9 km
- ArcelorMittal Minorca Iron Mine 14 km
- Dark Lake 15 km
- Folsom Lake 15 km
- Big Rice Lake 16 km
- Lake Leander 16 km