MEAN dedicates wind farm — Nov. 13, 2002

MEAN officially dedicated what was the state's first large commercial wind farm, and the largest wind farm of its time in Nebraska, on Nov. 13.

Clustered inside a blue-and-white tent, a crowd of people came together to symbolically watch the beginning of the flow of renewable energy. Seven, 350-foot towers and turbines quietly, efficiently began providing renewable energy to the equivalent of more than 4,000 homes in Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming.

At the dedication, Richard Duxbury, NMPP Energy executive director said, "Achieving a clean, sustainable energy future is an enormous challenge for all of us. We are very pleased the planning and construction of the MEAN Wind Project at Kimball is complete.

"It is my conviction that this was the right project, at the right place and the right time — and we did it," he said.

Bob Jacobsen, MEAN board chairman, said the dedication was a great day in MEAN's history. "The project has been an extraordinary journey for us. We are privileged to have this amount of support from our members."