LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Two companies are teaming up to build a
wind farm that would be among the largest in Nebraska.
The Lincoln Journal Star said Tuesday that Way Wind LLC of
Madison, Wis., and Nordex USA of Frankfurt, Germany, want to put 48
turbines on up to 8,000 acres near Winside in Wayne County in
northeast Nebraska.
The combined output would be 120 megawatts, or enough power for
nearly 47,000 homes. Currently, the state’s two largest wind farms
produce 81 megawatts of power. Last year, a Chicago company
proposed a 200-megawatt wind farm, but no construction date has
been set.
Wes Slaymaker, a partner in Way Wind, says the Wayne County
project is expected to cost around $250 million. He hopes it will
be operational by the end of 2013.