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Crystal Lake Wind

Owner
NextEra
Location
Britt, Iowa
Total Size
416 MW
  • Aevenia was selected as the Collector System and Substation Contractor on all three phases of the project
  • Phase I was built in 2007-08 and consisted of 100 GE 1.5 MW turbines, more than 47 miles of trenching, and a full substation
  • Phase II was built in 2008 and consisted of 80 Clipper 2.5 MW turbines, more than 66 miles of trenching, and a full substation with capacitor banks and a DVAR transformer installation
  • Phase III was built in 2009 and consisted of 44 GE 1.5 MW turbines, over 34 miles of trenching, and the addition of three feeder bays at the Phase II substation
Recent Renewable Facts
In the past three years, Aevenia Renewables has:

  • Trenched 161 miles of 35 kV underground cable

  • Plowed 291 miles of medium-voltage underground cable

  • Installed over 2,300 underground cable splices (35 kV)

  • Installed over 5,400 low voltage terminations (35 kV)

  • Installed over 4,000 medium voltage termination elbows (35 kV)

  • Installed over 1,000 pad mount and grounding transformers

  • Constructed the electrical collection systems on over 1,100 MW of wind projects