(AREA) — Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative, Inc. has entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement with Exelon Generation, one of the nation’s leading competitive power generators, for 153 megawatts of new wind generation in Michigan’s Thumb region. The wind power will be supplied from the Michigan Wind 3 project, which will be located in Sanilac County. Exelon is scheduled to begin construction on the project in spring 2016 and begin commercial operation by December 2016. When Michigan Wind 3 is complete, Wolverine expects to have more than 350 megawatts of wind generation in its portfolio, meaning Michigan cooperatives will achieve a 30 percent renewable level. Exelon owns and operates 47 wind projects in ten states comprising 1,500 megawatts of generation. Six of those wind projects are located in Michigan and include Harvest I and Harvest II wind projects in Elkton, Michigan Wind 1 project in Ubly, and Michigan Wind 2 project in Minden City. Wolverine currently receives approximately 50 megawatts of wind energy from the Harvest Wind Farm located between Elkton and Pigeon and will also receive 150 megawatts of wind energy from the new Deerfield Wind Energy project located in Huron County.
