Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. HELENA — Two Republican lawmakers representing rural eastern Montana districts are sponsoring ...

Currently, 31 commercial level generating facilities are turning wind into electric current in Montana, primarily in the central and eastern regions of the state. Giant wind turbines are visible ...

Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. plans to build a 20-megawatt wind-powered electric generating facility seven miles south of Baker, Mont. Bruce Imsdahl, Montana-Dakota president and CEO, said the new wind ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Harnessing the power of the wind goes back millenniums. Wind is kinetic energy created by the sun ...

HELENA - In the five years since Montana customers of NorthWestern Energy started getting power from the state's first major wind farm, at Judith Gap, development of wind power for consumption by ...

BILLINGS — Colstrip Power Plant owner Avista Corp. is eyeing 300 megawatts of Montana wind power over the next seven years as it determines where its future energy will come from. The Spokane-utility ...

HELENA - In the five years since Montana customers of NorthWestern Energy started getting power from the state's first major wind farm, at Judith Gap, development of wind power for consumption by ...

In Montana, private property rights are sacred, and several generations of family residency are oft-cited by locals to claim even greater privileges. So it’s a crazy tale that a group of wealthy ...

Earlier this month, NorthWestern Energy officially dedicated its new 40-megawatt wind farm, Spion Kop, near Great Falls. The wind farm is already exceeding expectations and NorthWestern Energy deemed ...

Montana is rated in the top five in the United States relative to wind power potential. One of the first attempts in Montana to harness the "wind rush" came in the 1980s when around a half dozen ...

Montana’s first commercial-scale wind project, a 135-MW Judith Gap Wind Farm between Judith Gap and Harlowton, became operational in 2005. While it was Montana’s first commercial wind farm, it was one ...