ALLETE Clean Energy Celebrates Record-setting Construction Year during American Wind Week
August 13 2019 - 6:30AM
Business Wire
ALLETE Clean Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of ALLETE (NYSE:
ALE), is in the middle of its biggest wind energy construction year
as it celebrates this week’s American Wind Week.
ALLETE Clean Energy is poised to nearly double its carbon-free
wind capacity to more than 1,000 megawatts with three new wind
farms under construction in 2019 and 2020. Its renewable wind
projects will support the economies of local, rural communities in
seven states with jobs, taxes, donations and volunteer
activities.
New projects include the Diamond Spring wind site in Oklahoma
that will sell renewable wind power to Walmart, Starbucks and
Smithfield Foods; Diamond Spring will be the largest wind facility
owned by ALLETE Clean Energy – producing enough power for 114,000
homes, and increasing ALLETE Clean Energy’s total wind capacity to
approximately 1,000 megawatts at 9 sites. Other projects are the
Glen Ullin wind site in North Dakota that will sell energy to
Northern States Power, an Xcel Energy subsidiary; and the South
Peak wind farm in Montana that will sell its wind power to
NorthWestern Energy.
“American Wind Week is a great opportunity to celebrate the
advances in renewable, carbon-free wind power across our company,
our industry and our country. The wind energy industry is creating
meaningful economic growth for state and local governments,
landowner partners, vendors and employees across the country,” said
ALLETE Clean Energy President Allan S. Rudeck Jr. “These
opportunities will continue to grow as society demands cleaner
forms of energy. Our ALLETE Clean Energy team is committed to
answering the call to transform the nation’s energy landscape while
creating growth for communities where we operate and building value
for ALLETE shareholders and our customers.”
Wind technician is the second-fastest growing occupation in
America, and ALLETE Clean Energy’s continued growth and investment
in clean energy means the company will soon need wind technicians
in Oklahoma, North Dakota and Montana while maintaining its current
sites in Pennsylvania, Iowa, Oregon and Minnesota. The company has
grown from four employees in 2011 to more than 80 in 2019, while
delivering increasing amounts of clean and affordable energy to its
customers.
As a Yellow Ribbon company, ALLETE Clean Energy also is
committed to hiring and supporting veterans, military members and
their families. With their technical skills and team-oriented work
experience, veterans and service members find jobs in the renewable
wind sector at a 67 percent higher rate than in other
industries.
“Our talented employees are at the heart of our success, and as
we grow there will be more opportunities to join our team,” Rudeck
said.
Wind power is America’s No. 1 source of renewable energy. In
celebration, the American Wind Energy Association hosts an annual
“American Wind Week” with a wide variety of events around the
country that show how wind works for all Americans. The U.S. is
where utility-scale wind turbines were invented. America has become
a global leader in wind power, with some of the best wind resources
and the most productive wind turbines in the world.
ALLETE Clean Energy is a member company of the American Wind
Energy Association that acquires, develops and operates clean and
renewable energy projects. ALLETE Clean Energy currently owns and
operates, in four states, approximately 550 megawatts of nameplate
capacity wind energy generation that is contracted for various
durations. ALLETE Clean Energy also engages in the development of
wind energy facilities to operate under long-term contracts or for
sale to others upon completion.
ALLETE Inc. is an energy company headquartered in Duluth,
Minnesota. In addition to its electric utilities, Minnesota Power
and Superior Water, Light and Power of Wisconsin, ALLETE owns
ALLETE Clean Energy, based in Duluth; BNI Energy in Bismarck, North
Dakota; and has an eight percent equity interest in the American
Transmission Co. More information about ALLETE is available at
www.allete.com. ALE-CORP
The statements contained in this release and statements that
ALLETE may make orally in connection with this release that are not
historical facts, are forward-looking statements. Actual results
may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties and investors are directed to the risks discussed in
documents filed by ALLETE with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
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Amy Rutledge Manager - Corporate Communications 218-723-7400
arutledge@allete.com
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