Wind Power Equipment for ALLETE Clean Energy’s Thunder Spirit Project Unloads at Port of Duluth
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Sep 02,2015
A ship from Europe loaded with wind equipment for a North Dakota renewable energy project now under construction by ALLETE Clean Energy (ACE) is scheduled to start unloading its cargo Thursday at the Clure Public Marine Terminal in the Port of Duluth.
ACE, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Duluth-based ALLETE, is building the 107-megawatt Thunder Spirit wind farm near Hettinger, N.D., using 43 turbines. When completed, the project will be sold to Montana-Dakota Utilities, a division of MDU Resources Group. Montana-Dakota will own and operate the project for use by its utility customers.
The HHL Tyne carried 31 wind turbine blades from Castellon, Spain, and German-made nacelle sets across the Atlantic Ocean and through the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway (GLSLS) to Duluth. This is the Tyne’s first trip inland on the GLSLS system. Yet, this is the fifth of seven shipments of Nordex wind equipment this summer for ACE’s project to be offloaded at the Port of Duluth and transported by truck to western North Dakota. Construction of the project is expected to be completed in December 2015.
In addition to developing this new project with Montana-Dakota, ACE operates wind generation facilities in Minnesota, Iowa, Oregon and Pennsylvania. ACE was established in 2011 to acquire or develop capital projects to create energy solutions by way of wind, solar, biomass, hydro, natural gas, shale resources, clean coal technology and other emerging energy innovations. ALLETE’s combined portfolio of operating wind assets controlled by ACE and Minnesota Power now totals more than 1,000 megawatts.
“This is the first project our company has developed and built from the ground up, and we are pleased to be located in close proximity to where this new high-tech equipment will be unloaded,” said Eric Norberg, president of ACE, which is located in downtown Duluth. “The Thunder Spirit project is rapidly taking shape at a location with premium wind conditions.”
“Partnering with ALLETE Clean Energy to move a total of seven shipments of heavy lift and dimensional wind cargoes through the Port of Duluth this year demonstrates their commitment to clean energy,” said Vanta Coda, executive director of the Duluth Seaway Port Authority. “They managed to minimize overland carriage and capitalize on the efficiencies of waterborne transport via the Great Lakes-Seaway system.”
Norberg and other representatives of ALLETE Clean Energy will be available for media interviews and photo opportunities while the HHL Tyne is being unloaded at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, at the Clure Public Marine Terminal. Jonathan Lamb, president of Lake Superior Warehousing Co., also will be available for comments about these shipments and Duluth’s project cargo handling capabilities.
The Thunder Spirit construction site has an above-average capacity factor of more than 45 percent, and the wind farm will be able to supply more than 39,000 local homes with electricity. The project, estimated to cost approximately $200 million, will feature Nordex N100 2.5-megawatt turbines. Nordex, first incorporated in 1985 in Denmark, has built more than 5,500 wind turbines rotating in 34 different countries, with a total rated output of more than 9,000 megawatts.
(ALLETE, Inc.)
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