The state’s first wind farm has been four years in the making and is expected to be online in 2022, generating power using winds high above rice fields in the Mississippi Delta. Between 60 and 90 massive wind turbines will be installed over approximately 13,000 acres of leased farm land after final permits are issued by Tunica County to Vestas, a Danish-based wind turbine company, with North American headquarters in Portland, OR, that’s investing $250 million into the project.
When it’s operational, the Delta wind farm will tap into an existing transmission line that runs through the area. “Power from the wind farm will instantly be integrated into the electrical grid and add the resiliency of the whole energy system.”said Elon Hasson, project manager for Vestas.
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