Chicago-based Invenergy LLC plans to build a $400 million wind farm in two eastern Illinois counties. The company says it is working to erect up to 133 wind turbines on 28,000 acres in Champaign and Vermilion counties. Building could start by the summer of 2010 and the wind farm could be running by year end.…
Recovery plan stimulates a 74-turbine addition
One of the first wind energy projects expected to benefit from President Obama’s stimulus plan (the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) is being developed by Invenergy Wind in LaSalle County, Ill. GE Energy, Schenectady, N.Y. will supply 74 of its 1.5-MW wind turbines to begin the expansion of the Grand Ridge Energy Center. When completed,…
28,000-acre wind farm slated for Eastern Illinois
Chicago-based Invenergy LLC plans to build a $400 million wind farm in two eastern Illinois counties. The company says it is working to erect up to 133 wind turbines on 28,000 acres in Champaign and Vermilion counties. Building could start by the summer of 2010 and the wind farm could be running by year end.…