Consumers Energy has signed a contract with Southfield-based Barton Malow Company for engineering, procurement and construction services at its US$ 255 million Cross Winds Energy Park, a 105MW wind farm in Tuscola County.
The contract is subject to approval by the Michigan Public Service Commission. About 150 construction jobs are expected to be created when Cross Winds begins construction later this year and into 2014. The contract includes designing, engineering and constructing the park's turbine foundations, access roads, an operations and maintenance building; erecting the park's 62 wind turbines; and building the infrastructure that connects the turbines to the electrical grid.