
A Rim Rock Turbine generates energy in Montana. (Photo by NaturEner)
Western’s Connections blog first shared that the Rim Rock Wind Farm’s planned to interconnect through the Montana Alberta Tie Limited transmission line (a project supported through Western’s Transmission Infrastructure Program) in a post last Jan. 10, 2012. Even though Western’s involvement with MATL was completed last fall, the wind farm announced another milestone yesterday.
NaturEner publicized Jan. 10 that the commercial operations of its Rim Rock Wind Farm near Kevin, Mont., started Dec. 28, 2012. Read more »

Rim Rock wind turbine owned and operated by NaturEner (Photo provided by NaturEner website)
Hundreds of people attended NaturEner’s opening ceremony Sept. 14 for the Rim Rock wind farm just north of Cut Bank, Mont., to celebrate overcoming the considerable challenges in making the wind farm a reality.
“There was a time last summer when we were doubtful we were going to be able to pull this off,” said Greg Copeland, Development Director of the U.S. division of the Spanish-owned NaturEner. Read more »
Tags: Brian Schweitzer, Cut Bank, Enbridge, Great Falls Tribune, MATL, Montana, Montana Alberta Tie, NaturEner, Rim Rock, Tonbridge, transmission, transmission infrastructure program, WAPA, Western Area Power Administration, wind farm, wind turbine
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September 18, 2012 12:40 pm |
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