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MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company has announced its agreement to acquire the 81-megawatt Bishop Hill II wind project from Invenergy Wind LLC. The project, under construction north of Bishop Hill, will feature 50 General Electric 1.62-megawatt wind turbines.
Construction began late last year. Bishop Hill II is expected to begin commercial operation later in 2012. Ameren Illinois will purchase the electricity from the project according to a 20-year power purchase agreement, a statement from MidAmerican said.
Bishop Hill II is the second phase of Invenergy’s Bishop Hill Wind Energy Center. Invenergy retains ownership of the 133-turbine Bishop Hill Phase I, also under construction. It will go into operation this year.
The Tennessee Valley Authority will buy the energy from Phase I.
Chicago-based Invenergy has developed 26 wind farms in North America and Europe.
MidAmerican, with headquarters in Des Moines, is the number one rate-regulated utility owner of wind-powered generation capacity in the U.S. and began developing wind energy projects in 2004 in Iowa.
The company has built or acquired more than 3,300 megawatts of wind generation, with investments of about $6 billion in projects in Iowa, Wyoming, Washington and Oregon.
MidAmerican provides electric and natural gas service to more than 6.9 million customers worldwide.
Invenergy and its affiliated companies currently have more than 6,700 megawatts of wind, solar and thermal projects under contract, in construction, or in operation.
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company has announced its agreement to acquire the 81-megawatt Bishop Hill II wind project from Invenergy Wind LLC. The project, under construction north of Bishop Hill, will feature 50 General Electric 1.62-megawatt wind turbines.
Construction began late last year. Bishop Hill II is expected to begin commercial operation later in 2012. Ameren Illinois will purchase the electricity from the project according to a 20-year power purchase agreement, a statement from MidAmerican said.
Bishop Hill II is the second phase of Invenergy’s Bishop Hill Wind Energy Center. Invenergy retains ownership of the 133-turbine Bishop Hill Phase I, also under construction. It will go into operation this year.
The Tennessee Valley Authority will buy the energy from Phase I.
Chicago-based Invenergy has developed 26 wind farms in North America and Europe.
MidAmerican, with headquarters in Des Moines, is the number one rate-regulated utility owner of wind-powered generation capacity in the U.S. and began developing wind energy projects in 2004 in Iowa.
The company has built or acquired more than 3,300 megawatts of wind generation, with investments of about $6 billion in projects in Iowa, Wyoming, Washington and Oregon.
MidAmerican provides electric and natural gas service to more than 6.9 million customers worldwide.
Invenergy and its affiliated companies currently have more than 6,700 megawatts of wind, solar and thermal projects under contract, in construction, or in operation.
