Wind Farm Officially Goes On Line
11.10.12Filed Under: ECI News
E.ON Climate and Renewables North America energized the first circuit at its 200-megawatt Wildcat I Wind Farm this week, allowing the project’s first wind turbines to begin generating electricity. 27 of the project’s 125 wind turbines are now fully complete and the remainder should be in place by the end of the year. Elwood Mayor Ron Arnold says the wind farm is the largest economic development project in northern Madison County’s history. Nearly 200 workers have been hired to help build the wind farm project, which is E.ON Climate and Renewables’ 17th wind farm in the U.S.
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