Ground breaking set for wind farm

LIND — Work is set to start in March on the Rattlesnake Flat wind farm.

The project is being developed by Clearway Energy Group.

Project development director Nick Benjamin said recently that mobilization will begin around March 1, with trucks arriving before March 5.

Rattlesnake Flat is a 16.45 megawatt wind project to be constructed near Phillips Road.

Blattner Energy will build the project. It’s the third that Blattner is building for Clearway, Benjamin said.

Avista and Clearway have agreed to a deal that will see Avista purchasing the energy for 20 years.

An Avista spokesman said the farm w...