Wind power in Illinois
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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] An additional 1,100 MW of wind power was under construction across the state at the end of 2020.
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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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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Farm | Year | Installed capacity (MW) | County[14] | Note |
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Mendota Hills | 2003/2019 | 51.66/76 | Lee | Turbines replaced in 2019 |
Crescent Ridge | 2005 | 54.45 | Bureau | |
Pike County | 2005 | 1.65 | Pike | |
GSG | 2007 | 80 | Lee/LaSalle | |
Camp Grove | 2007 | 150 | Marshall/Stark | |
Twin Groves I-II | 2007-2008 | 396 | McLean | |
AgriWind | 2008 | 8.4 | Bureau | |
Grand Ridge I-IV | 2008-2009 | 210 | LaSalle | |
Providence Heights | 2008 | 72 | Bureau | |
EcoGrove | 2009 | 100.5 | Stephenson | |
Rail Splitter | 2009 | 100.5 | Logan/Tazewell | |
Lee-DeKalb | 2009 | 217.5 | Lee/DeKalb | |
Cayuga Ridge | 2009 | 300 | Livingston | |
Geneseo | 2009 | 3 | Henry | |
Top Crop I-II | 2009-2010 | 300 | LaSalle | |
Streator Cayuga Ridge | 2010 | 150 | Livingston | |
Walnut Ridge | 2010 | 212 | Bureau | |
White Oak | 2011 | 150 | McLean | |
Big Sky Wind | 2011 | 239.4 | Bureau/Lee | |
Pioneer Trail | 2011 | 150 | Iroquois/Ford | |
Settlers Trail | 2011 | 150 | Iroquois | |
Shady Oaks[15] | 2012 | 109.5 | Lee | |
Bishop Hill | 2012 | 200 | Henry | |
Minonk | 2012 | 200 | Woodford/Livingston | |
California Ridge[16] | 2012 | 217.1 | Vermilion/Champaign | |
Bishop Hill I-II | 2012 | 81 | Henry | |
Heartland Community College | 2012 | 1.65 | McLean | |
Pilot Hill | 2014 | 175 | Iroquois/Kankakee | |
Brown County | 2014 | 1.5 | Brown | |
Hoopeston | 2015 | 98 | Vermilion | |
Kelly Creek[17] | 2016 | 184 | Kankakee/Ford | |
Radford Run | 2017 | 306 | Macon | |
Bishop Hill III | 2018 | 132 | Henry | |
HillTopper | 2018 | 185 | Logan | |
Whitney Hill | 2019 | 66 | Logan | |
Bright Stalk | 2019 | 205 | McLean | |
Green River | 2019 | 194 | Lee/Whiteside | |
Cardinal Point | 2020 | 150 | McDonough/Warren | |
Harvest Ridge | 2020 | 200 | Douglas | |
Otter Creek | 2020 | 158 | LaSalle | |
Broadlands | 2020 | 200 | Champaign | |
Sugar Creek | 2020 | 202 | Logan | |
Blooming Grove | 2020 | 261 | McLean | |
Lone Tree | 2020 | 88 | Bureau | |
Lincoln Land | 2021 | 302 | Morgan | |
Glacier Sands | 2021 | 185 | Mason [18] | |
Bennington | 2021 | 93 | Marshall | |
Ford Ridge | 2022 | 120.4 | Ford | |
Sapphire Sky | 2023 | 253.8 | McLean |
Wind generation
Illinois Wind Generation (GWh, Million kWh) | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | % of Production |
2003 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | |
2004 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 78 | |
2005 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 65 | 141 | |
2006 | 19 | 18 | 23 | 29 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 28 | 36 | 254 | |
2007 | 28 | 21 | 28 | 51 | 64 | 40 | 26 | 26 | 66 | 106 | 95 | 112 | 663 | |
2008 | 240 | 189 | 201 | 226 | 208 | 160 | 82 | 69 | 93 | 229 | 298 | 342 | 2,337 | |
2009 | 252 | 302 | 264 | 306 | 204 | 148 | 97 | 147 | 101 | 259 | 329 | 411 | 2,820 | |
2010 | 357 | 242 | 402 | 503 | 392 | 218 | 205 | 196 | 373 | 524 | 609 | 432 | 4,453 | |
2011 | 407 | 598 | 567 | 723 | 538 | 423 | 239 | 224 | 402 | 512 | 908 | 672 | 6,213 | |
2012 | 880 | 613 | 869 | 782 | 641 | 565 | 320 | 277 | 443 | 771 | 608 | 958 | 7,727 | |
2013 | 1,185 | 880 | 999 | 1,077 | 766 | 594 | 413 | 323 | 511 | 739 | 1,209 | 929 | 9,625 | |
2014 | 1,313 | 849 | 1,069 | 1,097 | 873 | 621 | 498 | 351 | 458 | 842 | 1,285 | 829 | 10,085 | 4.98% |
2015 | 1,004 | 936 | 1,000 | 1,073 | 890 | 518 | 400 | 444 | 628 | 1,167 | 1,372 | 1,316 | 10,748 | 5.54% |
2016 | 1,268 | 1,144 | 1,096 | 1,026 | 854 | 591 | 400 | 331 | 693 | 960 | 1,095 | 1,205 | 10,663 | 5.69% |
2017 | 1,125 | 1,264 | 1,304 | 1,289 | 1,086 | 941 | 471 | 408 | 519 | 1,166 | 1,245 | 1,450 | 12,268 | 6.68% |
2018 | 1,531 | 1,198 | 1,284 | 1,096 | 859 | 616 | 566 | 571 | 679 | 1,172 | 1,065 | 1,262 | 11,899 | 6.33% |
2019 | 1,471 | 1,308 | 1,491 | 1,623 | 1,134 | 1,034 | 673 | 562 | 900 | 1,293 | 1,242 | 1,729 | 14,460 | 7.24% |
2020 | 1,364 | 1,535 | 1,672 | 1,657 | 1,336 | 1,054 | 621 | 543 | 1,070 | 1,542 | 2,159 | 1,673 | 16,226 | 8.56% |
2021 | 1,537 | 1,643 | 2,113 | 1,770 | 1,553 | 1,146 | 807 | 895 | 1,388 | 1,514 | 2,064 | 2,257 | 19,133 | 9.37% |
2022 | 2,262 | 2,277 | 2,325 | 2,503 | 2,141 | 1,407 | 1,149 | 1,041 | 1,271 | 2,052 | 2,498 | 2,137 | 23,063 | 12.16% |
2023 | 1,939 | 2,381 | 2,558 | 2,266 | 1,690 | 1,307 | 863 | 1,175 | 1,173 | 2,156 | 2,302 | 2,243 | 22,054 | 12.40% |
2024 | 2,168 | 2,365 | 4,533 | 14.62% |
Teal background indicates the largest wind generation month for the year.
Green background indicates the largest wind generation month to date.
Source:[19][20]
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Net Generation for Wind, Monthly[21] |
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Net Generation for Wind, Monthly[22] |
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Megawatts of Installed Generating Capacity[24][25][26][27] |
See also
- Solar power in Illinois
- Rock Island Clean Line
- Great Lakes offshore wind power
- Renewable energy in the United States
References
- ^ "WINDExchange: Wind Energy in Illinois". windexchange.energy.gov. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
- ^ "Illinois - State Energy Profile Analysis - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)". www.eia.gov. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
- ^ a b c U.S. Wind Energy Projects - Illinois Archived 2010-01-05 at the Wayback Machine, American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)
- ^ "Illinois Incentives/Policies for Renewables & Efficiency". Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency. U.S. Dept. of Energy. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
- ^ "Electric Power Monthly, February 2014". U.S. Energy Information Administration.
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(help) - ^ "Fix for Illinois renewable energy law faces utility opposition". midwestenergynews.com. Archived from the original on March 13, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
- ^ "Wind Energy Facts: Illinois" (PDF). American Wind Energy Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 15, 2013. Retrieved February 17, 2013.
- ^ a b "WindExchange:Illinois 80-meter wind map and wind resource potential". U.S. Department of Energy, EERE. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
- ^ About Wind Power in Illinois Archived 2010-06-07 at the Wayback Machine, Illinois Wind Energy Association
- ^ AWEA treats Twin Groves as four installations. Together they exceed the capacity of Cayuga Ridge.
- ^ Lookout puts wind farm in perspective Archived 2011-06-13 at the Wayback Machine, Steve Stein, Peoria Journal Star, June 14, 2008
- ^ "Rock Island Clean Line files application with FERC" (PDF). Clean Line Energy Partners. November 8, 2011. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
- ^ "TVA: Energy Purchases from Wind Farms". tva.com. Archived from the original on July 31, 2015.
- ^ "Illinois Wind Power Maps". windforillinois.org. Archived from the original on June 29, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
- ^ Shady Oaks profile Archived 2014-05-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Our Projects - Invenergy". www.invenergyllc.com. Archived from the original on March 16, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
- ^ Kelly Creek Wind Park Commissioned Archived 2016-12-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Glacier Sands Wind Project
- ^ EIA (May 21, 2013). "Electric Power Monthly". United States Department of Energy. Archived from the original on June 3, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
- ^ "Electricity Data Browser". www.eia.gov. Archived from the original on March 23, 2018. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
- ^ "Electricity Data Browser". www.eia.gov. Archived from the original on March 23, 2018. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
- ^ "Electricity Data Browser". www.eia.gov. Archived from the original on March 23, 2018. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
- ^ "Installed Wind Capacity". U.S. Department of Energy. Archived from the original on March 14, 2014. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
- ^ "AWEA 4th quarter 2011 Public Market Report" (PDF). American Wind Energy Association(AWEA). January 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
- ^ "AWEA 4th quarter 2018 Public Market Report". American Wind Energy Association(AWEA). January 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
- ^ WINDExchange: U.S. Installed and Potential Wind Power Capacity and Generation
- ^ "Market Report 2021". American Clean Power Association. May 17, 2022. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
External links
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- Illinois Wind, a project of the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs, Western Illinois University
- Maps of operating and proposed wind power projects in Illinois
- GA Mansoori, N Enayati, LB Agyarko (2016), Energy: Sources, Utilization, Legislation, Sustainability, Illinois as Model State, World Sci. Pub. Co., ISBN 978-981-4704-00-7
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