Freeborn
Wind Farm
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Freeborn
Wind Farm

About the Project

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. 

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200 megawatts
100 turbines
70,000 homes powered annually

Community Benefits

$70M

in landowner payments

Cash Crop

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Cash Crop

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

200

construction jobs

Jobs

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Jobs

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

$3.5M-4M

in local payments annually

Local Economic Impact

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Local Economic Impact

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

Schedule Overview

2014 - 2019
Development
Activities include planning, land leasing, wind assessment, engineering and permitting.
Q2-Q3 2020
Project Construction
Q4 2020
Operational

About Invenergy

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.

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Invenergy in Iowa & Minnesota

Successfully completed the development of one energy project in Minnesota and five projects in Iowa to-date:

  • Cannon Falls (Goodhue County, MN) - 357 MW
  • Highland (O'Brien County, IA) - 502 MW
  • Ida Grove I (Ida County, IA) - 300 MN
  • O'Brien (O'Brien County, IA) - 250 MW
  • Palo Alto (Palo Alto County, IA) - 340 MW
  • Victory (Carroll County, IA) - 99 MW

Current development projects in Iowa include: 

  • Ida Grove II (Ida County, IA) - 200 MW
  • Orient (Adair County, IA) - 500 MW

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. 

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