Two new wind farms are now online and generating electricity for NIPSCO, the company announced Monday.Â
The Indiana-based projects â Rosewater Wind in White County and Jordan Creek Wind in Benton and Warren counties â are generating enough electricity to power 125,000 homes, according to NIPSCO. We are excited to welcome these wind assets to our generating portfolio, NIPSCO President Mike Hooper said in the company s announcement.
He said the projects were the first to be completed in the company s Your Energy, Your Future plan, which sets the goal of being coal-free by 2028 through the addition of cleaner energy sources to its existing portfolio of natural gas and hydroelectric generation. NIPSCO says the transition will save customers $4 billion over the long term.
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by: Alex Brown, Inside INdiana Business
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Feb 1, 2021 / 05:09 PM EST
MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (Inside INdiana Business) Merrillville-based Northern Indiana Public Service Co. says it has completed its first two wind projects in Indiana. The utility says the Rosewater Wind Farm in White County and the Jordan Creek Wind Energy Center near Williamsport are part of its plan to be 100% coal-free by 2028.
Plans for the 102-megawatt Rosewater Wind Farm were first announced in October 2019. NIPSCO says the wind farm, developed by Houston-based EDP Renewables North America LLC, is owned and operated by a joint venture involving NIPSCO, EDP, and a tax equity investor.