'It's not very often you have someone who wants to make a $200 million investment in the county,'' he said. 'That's a huge investment. It's just a win-win for the county.''
Schwarck said Iowa Winds has conducted meteorological studies in southern Franklin County since the company was formed in 2002. The project would be its first wind farm.
Iowa has nearly 900 wind turbines capable of producing 836 megawatts of electricity, enough to power about 226,000 average homes, according to the American Wind Energy Association.