Updated: 10:08 AM CST December 23, 2020
ST. LOUIS — Ameren Missouri has closed on a deal buying the company’s first wind energy center in the northeast part of the state.
The purchase of the High Prairie Renewable Energy Center in Adair and Schuyler counties is the first of two planned investments. It will add 700 megawatts (MW) of clean energy to the grid, according to a news release from Ameren.
“This is just the beginning, as Ameren Missouri lays the foundation for a transformational advancement toward more renewable wind and solar generation in the coming years, cutting carbon emissions and driving job creation and economic growth,” said Marty Lyons, chairman and president of Ameren Missouri. “Ameren Missouri is committed to clean. Expanding Missouri-based wind energy generation helps us move toward our goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.”