Wisconsin's first community wind project is now up and running in Cashton.
A joint project of Organic Valley and Gundersen Lutheran's Envision program, the Cashton Greens Wind Farm features two wind turbines expected to generate nearly 5 megawatts of energy for Cashton's power grid — enough to power 1,000 homes each year.
The energy produced with the $10.5 million project will more than offset electricity used at Organic Valley's Cashton Distribution Center and its La Farge headquarters facilities, and it represents about five percent of Gundersen's energy independence goal.
Thirty percent of the project cost will come from the U.S. Department of Energy and another 2.5 percent will come from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Focus on Energy grant. The rest was funded by the two partners.
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