Freeborn
Wind Farm
The Freeborn Wind Farm is an opportunity to boost the local economies of Freeborn and Worth Counties and create jobs, all while generating clean, American-made energy to meet Minnesota's growing electricity demand.
The proposed project is located south of Interstate 90 between the communities of Albert Lea and Austin in Freeborn County, MN and near the community of Northwood in Worth County, IA.
Wind power is the new cash crop for farmers. Lease payments provide a steady stream of income when cattle and commodity markets fluctuate.
“I could not afford my current living situation without the Invenergy [wind lease] payments. The payments are a blessing.”
Ardith Gillham
Landowner, Spring Canyon Energy Center
At peak construction, Freeborn Wind Farm is expected to employ as many as 200 people. After construction, the project will employ approximately 10 additional full-time operations and maintenance (O&M) staff.
“[Locals] want the job because they’ve lived there all their lives...[It] gave me the opportunity to stay here and make a good living.”
Clyde Mustain
O&M Manager, Spring Canyon Energy Center
Freeborn Wind Farm will inject more than $3.5M annually in landowner payments, property tax payments, local spending and salaries. Over the life of the project more than $142M will be spent in the counties.
“The Invenergy project is helping the tax payers by helping to pay the school debt down...so it gives tax reliefs to all of the tax payers in these school districts that the wind turbine project is in.”
Darryl Fowler
Breckenridge Township Board Member
Invenergy drives innovation in energy. Invenergy and its affiliated companies develop, own, and operate large-scale renewable and other clean energy generation and storage facilities in the Americas and Europe. Invenergy's home office is located in Chicago and it has regional development offices in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan and Europe. Invenergy and its affiliated companies have developed more than 17,500 MW of projects that are in operation, construction or contracted, including wind, solar, natural gas-fueled power generation and energy storage projects.
arrow_forward Invenergy Main Site
Successfully completed the development of one energy project in Minnesota and five projects in Iowa to-date:
Current development projects in Iowa include:
These projects have injected millions of dollars into local economies and provided an additional source of clean energy for our nation. Invenergy continues to develop other wind and solar projects across Iowa and Minnesota, all in various stages of development.