Streator Cayuga Ridge South Wind Farm
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The 300 MW Streator Cayuga Ridge South Wind Farm, located near Streator, Illinois
, officially started generating power in March 2010. The developer received a $170 million grant through the U.S. Department of Energy's 1603 grants-in-lieu-of-tax-credits program. About 300 construction jobs were created, and for every 10 wind turbines one full-time maintenance position has been created. The county also expects to receive about $3.3 million per year in tax revenue from the wind farm.
Streator, Illinois
Streator is a city in LaSalle and partially in Livingston counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The city is situated on the Vermilion River approximately southwest of Chicago, Illinois in the prairie and farm land of north-central Illinois. It is the center of the geographic region known as...
, officially started generating power in March 2010. The developer received a $170 million grant through the U.S. Department of Energy's 1603 grants-in-lieu-of-tax-credits program. About 300 construction jobs were created, and for every 10 wind turbines one full-time maintenance position has been created. The county also expects to receive about $3.3 million per year in tax revenue from the wind farm.