How do wind turbines produce energy?
Southwest Minnesota is an ideal location for wind turbines. Its consistent, high wind speeds, areas of high elevation due to the Buffalo Ridge, and plenty of open farm and pasture land have made this region a major hub of wind power activity: • Suzlon Energy, an Indian wind turbine manufacturer, located their only United States manufacturing facility in Pipestone. This plant manufactures and supplies wind turbine rotor blades and nose cones. • Murray and Nobles Counties are home to the Fenton Wind Project, the largest wind farm in Minnesota to date. This 205.5 MW project is 7 miles long by 7 miles wide and is expected to produce enough power per year for more than 66,600 homes. • enXco Service Corporation has a wind turbine Operations Control Center in Chandler from which they provide operations, maintenance and remote monitoring for wind farms across the Midwest. There are close to 1000 wind turbines in the 6 counties of Southwest Minnesota.
