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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 ]
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.
The Bishop Hill Wind Farms are three Illinois wind farms containing a total of 201 turbines in Henry County. Developed in 2012 through 2018, as a complex the three wind farms have a nameplate capacity of 424.0 megawatts of electricity.
The California Ridge complex's 134 wind turbines, each rated at 1.6 mW, were completed in December 2012. The turbines can generate up to 217.0 megawatts of electricity. [1] The complex utilizes leasehold rights to 27,700 acres of Illinois land, and employs approximately 14 full-time workers in its ongoing operations.
The northeastern Illinois project was developed by E.ON Climate Renewables, a subsidiary of E.ON, which merged with RWE in 2019. [1] [3] E.ON has resold some of the power generated by Pioneer Trail to the Southern Illinois Power Cooperative. [4] The wind farm became operational in October 2011. [3]
(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 ...
The restrictions could cut in half the number of wind turbines allowed, including eliminating many of those most visible from the Tri-Cities, and also restrict where solar panels, transmission ...
The wind farm is owned and operated by EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA), formerly Horizon Wind Energy. [2] The wind turbines that constitute the farm are centered on the town of Emden on both sides of Interstate 155. The wind farm, constructed in 2008–2009 at a cost of $200.0 million, was dedicated on July 21, 2009. [3] [4]