Pioneer Prairie Wind Farm
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The Pioneer Prairie Wind Farm, which is located in Iowa
along the Minnesota state line in Howard and Mitchell counties, has an installed capacity of 300 MW. Energy from wind farm
is delivered to homes and businesses in Tennessee Valley Authority
's service area in parts of seven southeastern states.
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
along the Minnesota state line in Howard and Mitchell counties, has an installed capacity of 300 MW. Energy from wind farm
Wind farm
A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electric power. A large wind farm may consist of several hundred individual wind turbines, and cover an extended area of hundreds of square miles, but the land between the turbines may be used for agricultural or other...
is delivered to homes and businesses in Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley Authority
The Tennessee Valley Authority is a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter in May 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly affected...
's service area in parts of seven southeastern states.