# Big Sky Wind LLC

PJM asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/big-sky-wind-llc

Power Sustainable Energy Infrastructure (PSEI) - Bureau County - PJM

Big Sky Wind LLC is a 239.4 MW operating onshore wind facility in Bureau and Lee Counties, Illinois, within the PJM market. The project was originally commissioned in February 2011 and fully repowered in 2022 with 104 Vestas V120-2.2 MW turbines and five Vestas V110-2.0 MW turbines in 2.2 MW operating mode. Potentia Renewables took over operations in late 2024.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 239.4 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 57135 — plant-57135

## Facts

- **Technology:** Onshore Wind Turbine
- **Operator:** Potentia Renewables Inc.

## Related parties

- **Operator / developer / asset manager:** Potentia Renewables Inc. — Integrated developer and operator for PSEI ([source](https://www.potentiarenewables.com/))
- **Former owner / sponsor:** Vitol Wind / Vitol Wind I LLC — Former owner and repowering sponsor ([source](https://www.vitol.com/))
- **Equity investor:** Hamilton Lane — Minority investor managing funds ([source](https://www.hamiltonlane.com/en-us))
- **Equity investor:** GCM Grosvenor — Minority investor managing funds ([source](https://www.gcmgrosvenor.com/))
- **Offtaker / power marketer:** AES — Power purchaser under long-term PPA ([source](https://www.aes.com/))
- **O&M provider / equipment supplier:** Vestas-American Wind Technology — Turbine supplier and service provider for 2022 repowering ([source](https://www.vestas.com/))
- **EPC contractor / construction contractor:** Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives (IEA) — Repowering EPC and balance-of-plant contractor
- **Lender / financier:** PGIM Private Capital — Senior secured notes lender for acquisition ([source](https://www.prudentialprivatecapital.com/))
- **Lender / financier:** The Bank of Nova Scotia — Acquisition financing provider ([source](https://www.scotiabank.com/))
- **Former owner:** Edison Mission Energy — Predecessor owner before Suzlon
- **Former owner:** EverPower Wind Holdings — Owner between Suzlon and Vitol acquisitions

## Sources

- [powersustainable.com](https://powersustainable.com/en/news/potentia-powers-up-acquiring-big-sky-wind-project/) — powersustainable.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [powersustainable.com](https://powersustainable.com/en/news/power-sustainable-completes-sale-of-minority-stake-in-big-sky-wind-to-institutional-partners/) — powersustainable.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [reglobal.org](https://reglobal.org/us-firm-wins-240-mw-repowering-contract-in-illinois/) — reglobal.org · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [fortnightly.com](https://www.fortnightly.com/suzlon-announces-sale-240-mw-big-sky-wind-farm-everpower) — fortnightly.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [potentiarenewables.com](https://www.potentiarenewables.com/) — potentiarenewables.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [potentiarenewables.com](https://www.potentiarenewables.com/our-portfolio/big-sky-wind-2/) — potentiarenewables.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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