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Mendota Hills Wind Farm in northern Illinois. Wind power in Illinois provided nearly 10% of the state's generated electrical power in 2020 powering 1,231,900 homes. [1] At the end of 2020, Illinois had 6,300 megawatts (MW) of wind power installed, ranking fifth among states for installed wind turbine capacity. [2]
Wind power showed potential for replacing natural gas in electricity generation on a cost basis. By 2021 wind energy produced 4872 terawatts-hour, 2.8% of the total primary energy production [51] and 6.6% of the total electricity production. [52] Technological innovations continue to drive new developments in the application of wind power.
Twin Groves Wind Farm is a wind farm in the U.S. state of Illinois, near the villages of Arrowsmith, Saybrook, and Ellsworth in McLean County. It consists of 240 operating wind turbines. [1] Each wind turbine stands 280 ft (80 m) tall and has three 120-foot-long (39 m) blades. The wind farm was constructed from 2007 to February 2008.
Three of the turbines at Mendota Hills Wind Farm. The Mendota Hills Wind Farm is a wind farm in Lee County, Illinois near the village of Paw Paw. It operates 29 wind turbines. Each wind turbine stands 214 ft (65.23 m) tall and has three 85 ft (35.91 m) long blades. The wind farm was constructed from June 2003 to November 24, 2003.
The Bright Stalk Wind Farm is a 57-turbine wind farm near Chenoa in northeastern McLean County in the U.S. state of Illinois. The turbines were designed to generate a maximum of 205 megawatts of electricity. [1] The complex was completed in 2019 by EDP Renewables North America at a cost of more than $300 million, and entered operations in 2020. [2]
The 300 MW Streator Cayuga Ridge South Wind Farm, located near Odell, Illinois, officially started generating power in March 2010. [1] The developer received a $170 million grant through the U.S. Department of Treasury's Section 1603 grants-in-lieu-of-tax-credits program. [ 2 ]
(The Center Square) – Some Illinoisans are opposed to the use of farmland for the purpose of solar and wind projects. Patricia Malcolm said a recent state law enacted by Gov. J.B. Pritzker took ...
Tallest windmill in Illinois, open and operational. [21] Glen Ellyn Mill Glen Ellyn: Burnt down prior to 1855. [22] Prairie Mills: Golden: Smock: 1873 [23] Open and operational Franzen's Old Mill Golden Smock: 1854 [24] Demolished 1934 [24] Gronewold Mill