Ford Ridge Wind is a 121.26MW onshore wind power project. It is located in Illinois, the US. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. The project construction commenced in 2021 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in March 2022. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project was developed by Apex Clean Energy Holdings and BP Alternative Energy North America. The project is currently owned by Orsted with a stake of 100%.
The project supplies enough clean energy to power 38,000 households.
The project has 88.75m high towers.
Development status
The project is currently active. The project construction commenced in 2021 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in March 2022.
Power purchase agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to Mars Construction under a power purchase agreement for a period of 30 years, starting from 2022.
Contractors involved
Barton Malow was selected to render engineering procurement construction services for the wind power project.
GE Renewable Energy was selected as the turbine supplier for the wind power project. The company provided 43 units of 2.8-127 turbines, each with 2.82MW nameplate capacity.
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About Apex Clean Energy Holdings
Apex Clean Energy Holdings LLC (Apex), formerly Apex Wind Energy, is a renewable energy company that offers building utility-scale generation facilities. The company develops commercial-scale wind and solar energy facilities in North America. It provides resource assessment, engineering, construction, project development, financing, operation and maintenance and asset management of utility-scale clean energy projects. Apex's projects include Campbell Creek Wind Farm, Gulf Coast Wind Farm, Elk River Wind Farm, Cedar Creek Wind Farm, Phantom Solar, McKenzie Solar, Dover SUN Park, Canadian Hills Wind project, Colorado PV Solar, Ringneck Prairie Wind, Neosho Ridge Wind, Homestead Wind, Cornhusker Harvest Wind, Canadian Hills Wind, Bowman Wind and Maple Rapids Wind, among others. The company has operations throughout the US and Canada. Apex is headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia, the US.
About BP Alternative Energy North America
BP Alternative Energy North America Inc, a subsidiary of BP Plc develops and operates wind farms, natural gas power plants, and co-generation facilities at BP manufacturing sites. The company is headquartered in Warrenville, Illinois, the US.
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