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Highland Wind Energy Center

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in 2013. It was the largest project in the world to be built in a single construction phase. Siemens supplied 218 2.3 MW
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The facility is part of $ 1.9 billion in wind power project announced by
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An expansion of the project, formerly known as Highland II was developed by
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transmission line was proposed to originate just north of the project.
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Highland Wind Energy Center Electricity Generation (
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O'Brien County, Iowa
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