Among the projects featured on ENR Midwest’s annual Top Starts ranking are the $350-million Sapphire Sky Wind Energy Wind Farm in McLean County, Ill., and the $200-million Plymouth Wind Energy Center in Iowa. Both projects belong to Chicago-based Invenergy, ENR Midwest’s 2022 Owner of the Year.
Founded in 2001, Invenergy develops, builds, owns and operates power generation and energy storage projects on four continents. While its portfolio includes, solar and natural gas power generation and energy storage facilities, its bread and butter is wind. The firm is one of the six largest owners of wind generation plants in the U.S. and is North America’s largest privately held renewable power generation company. As a developer, it’s got another top 20 project on ENR Midwest’s Top Starts list, the Paris Solar Farm in Paris, Wis., for two Wisconsin utilities.