BONNEVILLE COUNTY, Idaho -- British Petroleum, Ridgeline Energy and Idaho politicians join locals to kick off the new Goshen North Wind Farm to be constructed in Bonneville county.

The site will cover 11,000 acres with a total of 83 turbines.

The energy created by these turbines will be enough to power 37,000 American homes.

"The community itself gets behind wind, it endorses wind, and is excited about this project and the other economic projects that are proposed in the area," said Randy Gardner of Ridgeline Energy.

Although the project is a $300 million investment, Director of the Idaho Department of Commerce says the area will see a return of at least $20 million by the time the project is done.

The project will also create 250 jobs during construction, 10 of those jobs will be permanent for monitoring and maintenance.

Completion is expected by the end of this year.

Governor "Butch" Otter, Japanese investors, even local land owners attended the meeting to sign the first wind turbine that will go up.

"There's three types of people when dealing with wind farms," said Bob Nielsen, local land owner, "There's those who hate them, those who love them and those who make money off of them."

And even though BP's reputation is tainted because of the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, executives from BP wind energy say they feel great about the company's direction in the renewable energy sector.

"It's important now, yes," said Angus Coyle, Business Developer of BP Wind Energy. "To me it's always been important that we do this as an alternative energy company."

Locals like Nielsen say they agree as well.

"You know, you're glad to see they're putting money into renewable stuff," said Nielsen.