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Energy Farms Rise on Windy Kansas Plains
Brooks Tractor Expands in Milwaukee…12
Doosan Infracore Opens Distribution Center…14
Windmill blades are offloaded at the wind farm site in Solomon Forks, Kan. Engie North America is building a pair of wind farms in Thomas County that will have a combined power-generating capacity of more than 470 MW.
By Eric Olson
CEG CORRESPONDENT
Compacts, Minis Offer Power at Low Cost…44
Table of Contents ................4 Mini & Compact Equipment Section ..........................39-65 Paving Section..............69-81
A flat, dry portion of northwestern Kansas, where, just as in Oklahoma, “the wind comes sweeping down the plain,” is the
home of a pair of large turbine wind farms currently under construction. Each are designed to provide the local population and a couple major companies with clean, renewable energy. Engie SA, a French energy com-
By Irwin Rapoport
Snow & Ice Section ......87-91
Auction Section..........96-101 Advertisers Index ............102
ft. in diameter. The cost of the bringing the project to completion by late 2019, and online by the next April, will be $228 million. see WIND page 28
MnDOT Highway Project Aims at Defeating Floods
CEG CORRESPONDENT
Business Calendar ............94
pany, through its North American entity, began work Nov. 1 on the 196-MW East Fork wind project in Thomas County. The wind farm will encompass 72 turbines, each with a capacity of 2.72 MW and sporting rotors 393
The Minnesota Department of Transportation’s (MnDOT) $31.4 million New Ulm Gateway Project is replacing two bridges — the Minnesota River and Front Street Bridges north of New Ulm — and constructing a new one at an interchange being built at
Highways 14 and 15 and Nicollet County Road 21. It might look like a straightforward initiative, but due to soil and water conditions and proximity to the Minnesota River, it requires serious engineering to make it a success and prevent damage and closures from 100-year flood situations in the future. see HIGHWAY page 24
The Minnesota Department of Transportation’s New Ulm Gateway Project is replacing two bridges and constructing a new one at an interchange being built at Highways 14 and 15 and Nicollet County Road 21.