Dive Summary:

• The Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy Inc. is seeking approval from North Dakota regulators to buy the permit for the Border Winds project in Rolette County, North Dakota, a proposed 150-megawatt (MW) wind farm near the Canadian border, Xcel announced on Tuesday.
• Sequoia Energy U.S. Inc, a unit of Winnipeg, Manitoba-based Sequoia Energy, once planned to develop the project by 2012, but never started construction.
• Despite Xcel's announcement, the North Dakota Public Service Commission (PSC) says it has yet to receive Xcel’s formal notice to take over the project.

From the articles:

“Nisbet, of Xcel Energy, said the proposed project still includes 66 wind turbines placed over 50 square miles of land north of Rolla in Rolette County, which shares a northern border with Manitoba. Previous utility filings said Sequoia had intended to invest about $360 million in the project.”