JACKSON, MI – A wind farm spread across three townships and 25,000 acres in Hillsdale County is going to be added to the Consumers Energy grid once construction is complete.

Illinois-based Invenergy is building the 166-megawatt wind farm called Crescent Wind in Adams, Moscow and Wheatland townships. Consumers will buy the $250 million farm once its complete around December 2020, said Ben Lambrecht, Invenergy senior analyst.

The Michigan Public Service Commission approved Consumers’ future purchase earlier this week. It won’t affect energy rates for customers until the purchase is made, Consumers officials said.

The farm will have 60 wind turbines once complete and construction starts in spring 2020, Lambrecht said.

"Because wind turbines do not require a lot of space, most of that acreage can continue to be used by participating landowners as is it currently is," Lambrecht said.

Invenergy has developed more than 140 sustainable energy projects, including 94 wind energy projects.

This move is part of Consumers’ clean energy plan, which has a target of having 90 percent of its energy come from clean energy sources by 2040, reducing emissions by 90 percent and eliminating the use of coal.