# Grand Ridge Wind Energy Center

PJM asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/grand-ridge-wind-energy-center

Invenergy LLC - LaSalle County - PJM

Grand Ridge Wind Energy Center is an operating 210 MW onshore wind facility located in LaSalle County, Illinois, approximately 80 miles southwest of Chicago near Marseilles. The facility comprises four wind generator units with nameplate capacities of 99 MW, 51 MW, 49.5 MW, and 10.5 MW, respectively, operating by December 2009. It is powered by 140 GE 1.5 SLE wind turbines distributed across the four generators. The plant is the wind component of Invenergy's broader Grand Ridge Energy Center, which also contains separate solar and battery-storage assets added between 2014 and 2016. Invenergy Services LLC operates the facility, while ownership is held through four separate Grand Ridge Energy entities corresponding to each generator unit.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 210 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 56941 — plant-56941

## Facts

- **Technology:** Onshore Wind Turbine
- **Operator:** Invenergy LLC

## Related parties

- **Owner / operator / developer:** Invenergy LLC — Developer, sponsor, affiliated owner and operator ([source](https://invenergy.com/))
- **Owner:** Grand Ridge Energy LLC — Owner of 99 MW first-phase unit
- **Owner:** Grand Ridge Energy II LLC — Owner of 51 MW expansion-phase unit
- **Owner:** Grand Ridge Energy III LLC — Owner of 49.5 MW expansion-phase unit
- **Owner:** Grand Ridge Energy IV LLC — Owner and controller of 10.5 MW expansion-phase unit
- **EPC contractor / construction contractor:** Gemma Renewable Power LLC — Engineering, procurement, and construction contractor ([source](https://www.gemmapower.com/))
- **Offtaker:** Appalachian Power Company — Power purchaser
- **Equity investor:** GE Energy Financial Services — Equity investor
- **Equity investor:** Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife) — Equity investor

## Sources

- [invenergy.com](https://invenergy.com/news/invenergy-completes-equity-financing-with-ge-energy-financial-services-and-metlife-for-two-wind-sites) — invenergy.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [invenergy.com](https://invenergy.com/news/invenergy-completes-financing-for-wind-farm-in-illinois) — invenergy.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Canonical page: https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/grand-ridge-wind-energy-center
Website: [Invenergy LLC](https://invenergy.com/)

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