Wind power in Illinois

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Mendota Hills Wind Farm in northern Illinois

Wind power in Illinois provided 4.7% of the state's electrical power in 2013.[1] At the end of 2014, Illinois had 3568 megawatts (MW) of wind power installed,[2][3] ranking fourth among states for installed wind turbine capacity.[4][5] 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.

Overview

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.[6] For 2013, in-state renewable generation was just 5.1% of Illinois' total generation.[7]Additional renewably generated electricity is imported from other states.[8] 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.[9][10]That amount is lower with higher capacity factors and is higher with 100 meter hub heights.[10]

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.[11] The largest wind farm in the state is the 300 MW Cayuga Ridge installation, while another seven windfarms each exceeded 100 MW capacity.[5] The Twin Groves Wind Farm was the largest wind farm east of the Mississippi when completed but has since been surpassed.[12][13] 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.[5] A proposed high voltage DC transmission line would transmit wind generated electrical power to the Chicago area from northwest Iowa.[14]

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.[15]

Wind farms

Illinois has among the highest densities of wind power
Farm Installed capacity (MW) County[16]
Mendota Hills 51.66 Lee
Shady Oaks 109.5 Lee
Bishop Hill 200 Henry
Minonk 200 Woodford/Livingston
Crescent Ridge 54.45 Bureau
GSG 80 Lee/LaSalle
AgriWind 8.4 Bureau
Camp Grove 150 Marshall/Stark
California Ridge[17] 217.1 Vermilion/Champaign
Twin Groves 396 McLean
Grand Ridge 210 LaSalle
Providence Heights 72 Bureau
EcoGrove 100.5 Stephenson
Rail Splitter 100.5 Logan/Tazewell
Lee-DeKalb 217.5 Lee/DeKalb
Cayuga Ridge 300 Livingston
Top Crop 300 LaSalle
White Oak 150 McLean
Big Sky 239.4 Bureau/Lee
Pioneer Trail 150 Iroquois/Ford

Wind generation

Illinois Wind Generation (GWh, Million kWh)
Year Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
2010 4,454 362 248 406 502 398 234 217 215 373 524 609 432
2011 6,213 422 604 569 721 546 440 244 268 402 512 908 672
2012 7,727 880 613 869 782 641 565 320 277 443 771 608 958
2013 9,607 1,156 846 1,000 1,078 766 594 416 327 510 747 1223 944

Source:[18][19]

Illinois Wind Generation in 2013
Illinois Wind Generation Capacity by Year[2]
Megawatts of Installed Generating Capacity[4][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 U.S. Wind Energy Projects - Illinois, (As of 12/31/2009), American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Fix for Illinois renewable energy law faces opposition from utilities
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ About Wind Power in Illinois, Illinois Wind Energy Association
  12. ↑ AWEA treats Twin Groves as four installations. Together they exceed the capacity of Cayuga Ridge.
  13. ↑ Lookout puts wind farm in perspective, Steve Stein, Peoria Journal Star, June 14, 2008
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ Illinois Wind Power Maps
  17. ↑ [1]
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  19. ↑ Electricity data browser - Illinois U.S. EIA

External links

Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Wind_power_in_Illinois&oldid=722947972"