Projects in Advanced Development Stage 

Prattsburgh Wind Farm

The small town of Prattsburgh is located in the beautiful Finger Lakes region of central New York. Global Winds Harvest began developing this 54 megawatt project in 2001, with a meteorological prospecting grant from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.

In 2003 GWH partnered with UPC Wind (now First Wind) and in 2007 the long and rigorous state-level permitting process was completed. First Wind is now sole owner. Construction of the $150 million project is scheduled to begin in 2010 and is expected to provide over 50 full time jobs – with hundreds of thousands of dollars in goods and services being poured into the local economies.

Over the life of the project millions of dollars will go to the Prattsburgh and neighboring communities in the form of landowner lease payments and PILOT moneys to local towns and schools. 

Bear Creek Wind Farm (Kansas) 

Global Winds Harvest began developing the Bear Creek project in 2004 and partnered with Acciona in 2007. Located just south of Syracuse, KS, this 135 MW project recently received county approval and is scheduled to begin construction in 2010. Approximately 90 x 1.5MW machines will be sited over several thousand acres of crop and grazing land and the power from these turbines will be delivered into the Southwest Power Pool. The estimated cost of the project is over $300 million and payments to the county will exceed $6 million over the project’s 20+ year lifespan.

Bitter Root Wind Farm

Located in western Minnesota, at the northwest end of the famous Buffalo Ridge wind resource area, the Bitter Root project is sited on over 10,000 acres of cropland and involves close to 50 partner landowners. The 138MW project is currently going through the state-level permitting process and construction is expected to begin in 2010. Development chores are being shared by both Global Winds Harvest and Acciona.

Prairie Mills Wind Farm

Prairie Mills is a 144MW project located in the agricultural heartland of Illinois - Abraham Lincoln country – and represents another joint development effort of Global Winds Harvest and Acciona. The project will consist of approximately 95 x 1.5MW machines sited over thousands of acres of broad cropland with over 70 partner landowners.