Located near the city of Hays, approximately 200 milesnorthwest of the city of Wichita, the facility features GE 1.79MW wind turbines.
Details of the financing, which was facilitated by Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, and its affiliates, remain undisclosed.
Due to be commissioned in the fourth quarter of this year, the Buckeye project is expected to create approximately 250 jobs during construction phase and 12 permanent jobs upon completion.
Invenergy CFO and COO Jim Murphy said: "The combination of the state-of-the-art GE turbines and our excellent wind resource at Buckeye Wind enables Invenergy to offer exceptionally attractive pricing to our customers."
Lincoln Electric System has signed a long-term power purchase agreement to acquire a significant portion of the project output.
Blattner Energy is serving as civil and mechanical contractor for the project. Henkels & McCoy, EPC Services, and Par Electrical will be responsible for the electrical collection, substation, and transmission line, respectively.
More than 9,000MW of projects that are currently in operation, construction, or under contract in North America and Europe, have been developed by Invenergy and its affiliated companies.
