If approved, the project would be one of the largest economic development projects the county has seen in recent years. This includes hundreds of millions of dollars in construction spending, tens of millions of dollars in payments to landowners and community participants, and tens of millions of dollars in new local revenue through economic development agreement and tax payments over the lifetime of the project. Wind energy’s potential economic impact on White and Benton Counties is well documented in a study by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, “Economic Impacts from Indiana’s First 1,000 Megawatts of Wind Power,” which found that construction of the first 1,000 MW of wind in Indiana supported $570 million in in-state gross economic activity and more than 4,400 jobs.