Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives Inc. (IEA), an infrastructure construction company with specialised energy and heavy civil expertise, today announced a wind energy project award in Nebraska, US.
The award is for construction of the Thunderhead Wind Project in Antelope and Wheeler counties in Nebraska. The project will consist of 108 GE turbines with 300 MW of capacity. The power will be delivered into the Nebraska electrical grid.
Work on the project began in November with completion scheduled for September 2020. The scope of the IEA's work includes the construction of project access roads and turbine foundations, as well as the erection of the turbines.
The contract was secured by IEA Constructors, a subsidiary of IEA that manages utility-scale energy and heavy civil infrastructure projects.
IEA has assembled more than 7200 wind turbines across North America.
Chicago-based Invenergy developed the project. The company owns and operates large-scale renewable and other clean energy generation and storage facilities across North America, Latin America, Asia and Europe. It has developed 150 projects with more than 24 000 MW of power capacity.