A proposed wind power project has been put forward by enXco Development Corporation in Mower County, Minnesota. The 205.5MW Wapsipinicon Wind Project will comprise up to 137 General Electric 1.5MW wind turbines.

Half of the wind project has been purchased by Xcel Energy. The 100.5MW section is referred to as the Grand Meadow Wind Farm. The second half is likely to go to Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (SMMPA) who plans to purchase the output from 67 of the wind turbines - depending on the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission granting SMMPA the necessary permits.

The wind energy power plant will generate enough electricity to power roughly 78,000 homes per year.

Power from the SMMPA turbines will be collected at a proposed susbstation that enXco is proposing to build and then transmitted to the Pleasant Valley Substation via approximately 6 miles of overhead 161kV transmission line. Permission still has to be granted for the proposed transmission line project.

The total project site area including the wind plant and land easements is approximately 65 square miles (41,600 acres) as proposed to provide turbine siting flexibility and to allow sufficient room for buffers from microwave beam paths.

It is expected that the project will be completed by December 31, 2008.