Safety is paramount at Basin Electric. The proof is in the numbers. Check out these astounding safety statistics from our … [Read more...]
Top 11 stories of 2012 at Basin Electric: Live Wire
December 31, 2012 By Leave a Comment
On Friday, you saw the top 9 Basin Electric videos of 2012. Here are the top 11 viewed blog posts as tabulated by Wordpress, our blogging … [Read more...]
Minot area students tour PrairieWinds 1
June 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The wind played along and blew good and strong for the group of Minot area high school students who visited the PrairieWinds 1 site south of Minot, … [Read more...]
Co-op electricians bring power back to Minot, ND, park
May 31, 2012 By Leave a Comment
"You forget about it when you don't hear about it. And then you see it. Oh jeez, these people really got hit hard." The quote above was Josh … [Read more...]
Basin Electric watches for whooping cranes
April 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The whooping crane has come back from the brink of extinction, yet its continued endangered status leaves it as one of the most beautiful sights that … [Read more...]
Day in the life of a Basin Electric wind technician
January 11, 2012 By 4 Comments
Welcome to Patrick Hurt’s office. He’s the lead wind technician at the PrairieWinds ND 1 facilities south of Minot, ND. He and his fellow techs … [Read more...]
PrairieWinds: Quick growth, powerful partnerships
December 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Basin Electric’s wind subsidiaries have grown up quickly – sprouting wind turbines in two states. PrairieWinds ND 1 claimed the largest wind … [Read more...]
Basin Electric wind project featured on Chevy’s website
November 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Basin Electric's Crow Lake Wind Project in South Dakota is being featured on Chevrolet’s website. It is one of 16 new projects Chevrolet recently … [Read more...]
Turbine with broken blade fixed near Minot (Photos)
August 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
As we reported in May (PrairieWinds ND 1 turbine damaged near Minot, ND), one of the turbine blades in the PrairieWinds ND 1 wind project failed in … [Read more...]
Lifts take cooperative wind techs to the top
July 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Imagine climbing a vertical ladder that's 262-feet high, just to start your job. That's what the wind technicians at the PrairieWinds ND 1 and … [Read more...]
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