Wind power in Illinois

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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] An additional 1,100 MW of wind power was under construction across the state at the end of 2020.

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The vast majority of wind-generated electricity in Illinois is distributed via Midcontinent Independent System Operator, which services Illinois outside of northern Illinois—as opposed to PJM Interconnection, which distributes electricity in the Chicago metropolitan area. [3]

Overview

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Illinois electricity production by type

Wind power has been supported by a renewable portfolio standard, passed in 2007, and strengthened in 2009, which requires 10% renewable energy from electric companies by 2010 and 25% by 2025. [4] For 2013, in-state renewable generation was just 5.1% of Illinois' total generation. [5] Additional renewably generated electricity is imported from other states. [6] Illinois uses a large amount of electricity, and the state's mandate was enacted when only a very small percentage of its electricity was renewably generated.

Illinois has the potential for installing up to an estimated 249,882 MW of wind generation capacity at a hub height of 80 meters operating at 30% gross capacity factor. [7] [8] That amount is lower with higher capacity factors and is higher with 100 meter hub heights. [8]

The first wind farm in Illinois opened in 2003 and by 2009, it had over 1800 MW installed statewide with thousands of MW more in the planning stages. [9] The largest wind farm in the state is the 300 MW Cayuga Ridge installation, while another seven windfarms each exceeded  MW capacity. [3] The Twin Groves Wind Farm was the largest wind farm east of the Mississippi when completed but has since been surpassed. [10] [11] Some smaller installations include a 0.66 MW turbine at the Bureau Valley School District and a 2.5 MW turbine at the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, formerly part of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, now part of the University of Illinois. [3] A proposed high voltage DC transmission line would transmit wind generated electrical power to the Chicago area from northwest Iowa. [12]

Power from some wind farms in Illinois is sold to the Tennessee Valley Authority. A 2010 agreement with Iberdrola Renewables provides a potential 300MW future supply from the Streator Cayuga Ridge Wind Farm in Livingston County. [13]

Wind farms

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Illinois has among the highest densities of wind power
Electricity Generation Sources in Illinois Illinois Electricity Generation Sources Pie Chart.svg
Electricity Generation Sources in Illinois
FarmYearInstalled capacity (MW)County [14] Note
Mendota Hills 2003/201951.66/76LeeTurbines replaced in 2019
Crescent Ridge200554.45Bureau
Pike County20051.65Pike
GSG200780Lee/LaSalle
Camp Grove 2007150Marshall/Stark
Twin Groves I-II2007-2008396McLean
AgriWind20088.4Bureau
Grand Ridge I-IV2008-2009210LaSalle
Providence Heights200872Bureau
EcoGrove2009100.5Stephenson
Rail Splitter 2009100.5Logan/Tazewell
Lee-DeKalb2009217.5Lee/DeKalb
Cayuga Ridge 2009300Livingston
Geneseo20093Henry
Top Crop I-II2009-2010300LaSalle
Streator Cayuga Ridge 2010150Livingston
Walnut Ridge2010212Bureau
White Oak2011150McLean
Big Sky Wind2011239.4Bureau/Lee
Pioneer Trail 2011150Iroquois/Ford
Settlers Trail2011150Iroquois
Shady Oaks [15] 2012109.5Lee
Bishop Hill 2012200Henry
Minonk2012200Woodford/Livingston
California Ridge [16] 2012217.1Vermilion/Champaign
Bishop Hill I-II 201281Henry
Heartland Community College20121.65McLean
Pilot Hill2014175Iroquois/Kankakee
Brown County20141.5Brown
Hoopeston 201598Vermilion
Kelly Creek [17] 2016184Kankakee/Ford
Radford Run2017306Macon
Bishop Hill III 2018132Henry
HillTopper 2018185Logan
Whitney Hill 201966Logan
Bright Stalk 2019205McLean
Green River2019194Lee/Whiteside
Cardinal Point2020150McDonough/Warren
Harvest Ridge2020200Douglas
Otter Creek2020158LaSalle
Broadlands2020200Champaign
Sugar Creek 2020202Logan
Blooming Grove2020261McLean
Lone Tree202088Bureau
Lincoln Land2021302Morgan
Glacier Sands2021185Mason [18]
Bennington202193Marshall
Ford Ridge2022120.4Ford
Sapphire Sky2023253.8McLean

Wind generation

Illinois Wind Generation (GWh, Million kWh)
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal % of Production
200321111122111216
20040381095345991378
20056710109532571265141
2006191823292114131015282836254
200728212851644026266610695112663
20082401892012262081608269932292983422,337
2009252302264306204148971471012593294112,820
20103572424025033922182051963735246094324,453
20114075985677235384232392244025129086726,213
20128806138697826415653202774437716089587,727
20131,1858809991,0777665944133235117391,2099299,625
20141,3138491,0691,0978736214983514588421,28582910,0854.98%
20151,0049361,0001,0738905184004446281,1671,3721,31610,7485.54%
20161,2681,1441,0961,0268545914003316939601,0951,20510,6635.69%
20171,1251,2641,3041,2891,0869414714085191,1661,2451,45012,2686.68%
20181,5311,1981,2841,0968596165665716791,1721,0651,26211,8996.33%
20191,4711,3081,4911,6231,1341,0346735629001,2931,2421,72914,4607.24%
20201,3641,5351,6721,6571,3361,0546215431,0701,5422,1591,67316,2268.56%
20211,5371,6432,1131,7701,5531,1468078951,3881,5142,0642,25719,1339.37%
20222,2622,2772,3252,5032,1411,4071,1491,0411,2712,0522,4982,13723,06312.16%
20231,9392,3812,5582,2661,6901,3078631,1751,1732,1562,3022,24322,05412.40%
20242,1682,3654,53314.62%

  Teal background indicates the largest wind generation month for the year.

  Green background indicates the largest wind generation month to date.

Source: [19] [20]

Illinois Wind Generation in 2019
Wind power in Illinois
Net Generation for Wind, Monthly [21]
Illinois Wind Generation in 2020
Wind power in Illinois
Net Generation for Wind, Monthly [22]
Illinois Wind Generation Capacity by Year [23]
Wind power in Illinois
Megawatts of Installed Generating Capacity [24] [25] [26] [27]

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