Wind Energy Update - Wind Powering America

Bluegrass Ridge Wind Farm (Gentry County, MO)Image Credit: Peter Young, Creative Commons• 56.7 MW (Suzlon 2.1 MW turbines)• Owned by Wind Capital Group/John Deere• Constructed in 2007• Between 100 and 150 workers during peak construction• Will pay between $81,000 and $135,000 to landowners annually• Suzlon hired 9 individuals for O&M positions (4 local)• Slated to pay more than $500,000 in property tax in 2008NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY