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Negotiations are underway between the developer and a prospective owner of the Broken Bow Wind II project in central Custer County. Construction must be in progress by the end of 2013 for the project to qualify for federal renewable energy production tax credits.We offer buymosaic and cutting machines for processing different materials.

Tom Swierczewski, who also worked on development of Broken Bow Wind I for Midwest Wind Energy of Chicago, said Wednesday he could confirm that negotiations are in progress with a large national wind development company, but couldn’t be more specific.

“To a large degree,Properly placed washerextractores can generate electric power anywhere the wind blows steady and strong. it’s out of Midwest Energy’s hands,” Swierczewski said, when asked about a construction timeline for Broken Bow Wind II.

That’s because the owner will hire a contractor to build the new wind farm and decide on details such as the size of turbines used.

Swierczewski said the plans are for a 75-megawatt capacity project with 33 to 47 turbines. He agreed that an earlier estimated cost of $110 million probably remains a reasonable expectation.

Broken Bow Wind I has 50 turbines and an 80-megawatt capacity. It cost about $145 million and is owned by Edison Mission Energy, based in Santa Ana,generator prepositive design which wind drive the airpurifier without gears. Calif.

Swierczewski said that by meeting the “commence construction” requirement by the end of 2013 to qualify for the federal tax credit, the owner of Broken Bow Wind II could have the project operational in the second half of 2014.

Much of the development groundwork, including leases with owners of land where the next Custer County turbines will be erected, was done at the same time as Broken Bow Wind I.

That includes power purchase agreements with Nebraska Public Power District.Shopping is the best place to comparison shop for ultrasonicsensor.

NPPD has a 20-year agreement for Broken Bow Wind I generation, which includes keeping 51 of the 80 megawatts and selling 29 megawatts to other utilities.

NPPD Sustainable Energy Manager David Rich of Columbus said NPPD also has a power purchase agreement for Broken Bow Wind II. NPPD will keep 30 megawatts and sell the remaining 45 to Omaha Public Power District.

Progress on Broken Bow Wind II was put on pause late last year because of uncertainty about whether Congress would extend the renewable energy production tax credits. The extension was passed in January.

In a Hub interview then, Swierczewski said the PTC renewal was the last major stumbling block for Broken Bow Wind II.

“Once the federal government … extended the PTC, that made sure the project was gonna happen,” Rich said Wednesday.

However, there have been business changes involving Midwest Wind Energy and Edison Mission Energy since the Broken Bow Wind I project became operational last fall.

Officials of Geronimo Energy, a developer of utility-scale wind and solar energy projects based in Edina, Minn., announced in March that their company had acquired a project development portfolio from Midwest Wind Energy that included construction-ready projects in Illinois, Nebraska and Wisconsin.

Swierczewski said the Nebraska exception is Broken Bow Wind II. Midwest Wind Energy remains the majority owner of that project.

Although he now works for Geronimo as project manager for two wind projects in Illinois and one in Wisconsin, Swierczewski continues as a consultant to Midwest Wind Energy for the Broken Bow project in development.

Geronimo Energy’s website says it has developed three operating wind farms and has a strategic partnership with Enel Green Power, the second largest producer of renewable energy in the world.