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Wind Power in Indiana

 

Wind Power In Indiana

Projects installed, under construction, and projected additions
Benton County Wind Farm (Orion Energy Group)
Installed:  87 turbines; 131 MW

Fowler Ridge Wind Farm (BP) – Benton County
Installed:  355 turbines; 600 MW
Projected:  additional 150 MW depending on market factors

Meadow Lake Wind Farm (Horizon Wind Energy) – White County
Installed:  121 turbines; 200 MW
Under Construction:  66 turbines; 99 MW
Projected:  additional 702 MW depending on market factors

Hoosier Wind Project (EnXco) – Benton County
Installed:  53 turbines; 106 MW

Union City/Randolph Eastern School Corp (Performance Services) – Randolph County
Under Construction:  2 turbines; 2 MW

Known projects deep into planning stages that have been announced publicly:
TradeWind Energy:
    -- LaCrosse Farms; LaPorte/Porter Counties
    -- Clinton County Wind Farm
Duke Energy Generation Services: 
    --Spartan Wind Farm; Benton County
Invenergy: 
    --Tri-County Wind Energy Center; Tippecanoe/Montgomery/Fountain Counties
EON: 
     --Madison County
Horizon Wind: 
     --Randolph County
AES Wind: 
     --Clinton/Tipton Counties

Wind power, electricity generated by capturing the wind's energy with modern wind turbines, is one of the lowest-cost, renewable electricity alternatives currently available.  Wind power is a clean, domestic electricity resource that has seen a tremendous amount of growth and technology improvement over the past several years.      Wind Mill

Utility-scale wind farms can provide rural areas with significant investment and offer farmers new sources of revenue by opening their land to new energy development, while at the same time allowing present farming activities to continue virtually unchanged. 

Small-scale wind installations can reduce dependency on the central electric grid and decrease monthly electric bills for residences, small businesses and schools.    

Indiana possesses viable wind resources in limited pockets scattered across the northern half of the state (maps). Wind power could provide the electricity capacity of a new baseload power plant within the next ten years. As wind power technology improves, wholesale markets increase and green energy becomes more valuable, Indiana can maximize its wind resources by selling wind power into markets with higher electricity costs. This would allow wind producers to find the best markets without jeopardizing Indiana's low electricity rates.


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