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Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative's power supplier, Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. (AECI) signed a 20-year contract with Wind Capital Group, a Missouri corporation, to purchase wind from the first commercial wind farms developed in Missouri.
The three wind farms will provide enough power for 45,000 Missouri rural cooperative homes, according to AECI.
The wind farms, located in Gentry, Atchison and Nodaway Counties, will produce 157 megawatts of electricity. The wind farms were financed by John Deere Wind Energy, a Deere & Co., unit.
Wind energy benefits include reasonably-priced, green and renewable energy, wind displaces more expensive natural gas-based generation, helps with economic growth in rural Missouri and helps meet the growing need for more electricity.
For information on renewables, visit
Renewables
www.nrel.gov
www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/renewable.html
www.eere.energy.gov
Geothermal Energy
How Geothermal Energy Works
Solar Energy
www.ases.org
www.solarenergy.org
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