Milford Wind welcomes Secretary Salazar.

• Position: Around Utah

Milford - FIRST WIND, an independent U.S.-based wind energy company, hosted U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar at the company's 204 MW Milford Wind Corridor project. Secretary Salazar and members of the Department of Interior were given an in-depth tour and insight into the inner workings of Utah's largest wind project.

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Located in Millard and Beaver counties, the Milford Wind Corridor project had the significance of being the first wind energy facility permitted under the U.S. Department of Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wind Energy Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Western U.S. states. Featuring 97 wind turbines, the 204 MW first phase of the project began commercial operation in November 2009, only a year after breaking ground. To date, the project has created more than 250 development and construction jobs, and resulted in...