Job Creation

• The Noble Flat Hill Windpark will create a significant number of new jobs during construction, and several long-term, well-paying jobs when operational. Learn more about the kind of jobs that windparks create on our FAQs page.
• Noble Environmental Power is committed to hiring qualified residents and companies from
  local and regional Minnesota communities.

Clean energy

• Wind energy is 100% clean and renewable. Unlike fossil fuel power plants, wind energy creates no pollution -- no acid rain, no smog, and no mercury, which is a harmful toxin, particularly to women and children. Read more about energy and the environment on our
  FAQs page.
• The Noble Flat Hill Windpark will create enough clean energy to provide the annual electricity needs of approximately 67,000 homes. Ever wonder how the "homes powered" number is calculated? Click here to find out.
• To make that much energy from coal, over 20 years, you would have to burn 4.56 million tons of coal - it would take a train 518 miles long to hold that much coal!

Economic benefits

• Production tax payments from the Noble Flat Hill Windpark will provide new income for the townships of Spring Prairie and Moland, Clay County and its schools every year. This money can be used to reduce local taxes and improve local services.
• Easement payments to participating landowners and purchases fom local vendors and service providers will significantly contribute to the local economy.
• Over 20 years, the Noble Flat Hill Windpark will create approximately $140 million in local economic benefits.       

In 2008, Noble Flat Hill Windpark I, LLC submitted a Site Permit application, a Route Permit application, and a Certificate of Need application to the Minnesota Public Utility Commission (PUC) for a Large Energy Facility, 201 MW Large Wind Energy Conversion System and associated facilities to be located in Clay County, MN.  All 3 applications have been deemed complete and are continuing through the permitting process.

The PUC's Energy Facilities Unit is responsible for the oversight of the permitting process, which features many opportunities for public participation. Please visit the Minnesota PUC website to track the progress of each application.

1. Site Permit application: http://www.energyfacilities.puc.state.mn.us/Docket.html?Id=19766

2. Route Permit application: http://www.energyfacilities.puc.state.mn.us/Docket.html?Id=19714

3. Certificate of Need application: https://www.edockets.state.mn.us/EFiling/search.jsp (Search Criteria - Year: 08, Number: 951, Docket Type: Certificate of Need)

Questions?

Browse our FAQ page, which features links to Noble Wind Fact Sheets
and links to further reading.

Feel free to email us: info@noblepower.com or contact our staff in the Essex, CT Office:

8 Railroad Avenue

Essex, CT 06426

Phone: 860.581.5010

Fax: 860.767.7041