Grand Meadow Wind Project, Mower County

WSB’s Environmental Review Team and Survey Group provided services to enXco Development Corporation to develop a site permit application, wetland and habitat review, and ALTA surveys for the Grand Meadow Wind project in

Mower County, MN. This project involves installing up to 67 - 1.5MW turbines within a 45 square mile area. The project will generate approximately 100 MW of clean, wind powered electricity in a project to be jointly operated by enXco and Xcel Energy.

The site permit application prepared by WSB summarized environmental impacts and mitigation measures. A separate wetland and habitat study was also completed by WSB’s environmental scientists. This information assisted in the placement of the wind turbines to avoid and minimize impact the surrounding area. A Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) for a 45-square-mile site was also completed.

ALTA surveys were prepared for all of the properties where turbines will be located. These surveys contained the following information:

Current digital ortho photos
Parcel property boundaries
Title information
Existing easements
Wind lease agreement areas
Wind turbine locations
Proposed access roads
Minimum setback requirements
Proposed transmission and fiber optic cable routes

The survey field work consisted of:

Public Land Survey (PLS) corner verification and re-monumentation
Micro-sighting of the wind turbines
Construction surveys
Asbuilt surveys

Client: enXco
Completion: 2008