A $200 million wind farm project that will generate 109.5 megawatts of power will soon be erected in Lee County, Ill.

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn made the announcement Monday on a trade mission to China. He said the project will create more than 100 construction jobs.

Wind-turbine maker Xinjian Goldwind Science and Technology Co. will build the facility. The company said the recent undertaking with the state of Illinois is part of its plan to grow with more overseas collaborations.

The company said it expects 30 percent of its profit by 2015 to be generated from international projects. In August, Goldwind entered into a $40.5 million contract project to build a 16.5-megawatt wind-power plant in Ecuador in collaboration with Corporacion Electrica del Ecuador, the state-owned power generation company.

Goldwind is China's second-largest wind turbine producer by new capacity sold.

In June, pressure from the Obama government led China to end financial backing for domestic wind-power producers, as the U.S. criticized the Chinese's wind-power sector's lack of transparency.

But Quinn said regardless of the criticisms against Chinese wind-power manufacturers, he would nonetheless embrace the deal to create jobs in Illinois.

Goldwind said it will be working with U.S. companies like Broadwind Energy Inc. of Naperville, Ill, to bring in half of the parts and components for the Illinois wind farm project.

The wind farm, expected to be operational next June, is Goldwind's largest U.S. project to date.