Avangrid Renewables is building the 56-wind turbine, 155-MW project, which is expected to reach commercial operation by early 2021. The wind farm encompasses approximately 18 000 acres of primarily corn and soybean farms and cattle ranches, leased from more than 100 landowners. Between land lease payments and taxes, the wind farm would provide approximately US$1.7 million of economic benefits annually.
In December, 2018, Avangrid Renewables sold an 80% ownership interest in the 97-MW Coyote Ridge Wind Farm in Brookings County, South Dakota, to WEC Energy Group. The project reached commercial operation in 2020.
