Wind power in Illinois
Wind power in Illinois provided 5.7% of the state's electrical power in 2016.[1] At the end of 2016, Illinois had 4026 megawatts (MW) of wind power installed, ranking fifth among states for installed wind turbine capacity.[2][3] 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.[4]
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.[5] For 2013, in-state renewable generation was just 5.1% of Illinois' total generation.[6] Additional renewably generated electricity is imported from other states.[7] 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.[8][9]That amount is lower with higher capacity factors and is higher with 100 meter hub heights.[9]
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.[10] The largest wind farm in the state is the 300 MW Cayuga Ridge installation, while another seven windfarms each exceeded 100 MW capacity.[4] The Twin Groves Wind Farm was the largest wind farm east of the Mississippi when completed but has since been surpassed.[11][12] 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.[4] A proposed high voltage DC transmission line would transmit wind generated electrical power to the Chicago area from northwest Iowa.[13]
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.[14]
Wind farms
Farm | Installed capacity (MW) | County[15] | |
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Mendota Hills | 51.66 | Lee | |
Shady Oaks[16] | 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 | |
Kelly Creek[18] | 184 | Kankakee/Ford | |
Pioneer Trail | 150 | Iroquois/Ford | |
Settlers Trail | 150 | Iroquois |
Wind generation
Illinois Wind Generation (GWh, Million kWh) | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | % of Production |
2012 | 880 | 613 | 869 | 782 | 641 | 565 | 320 | 277 | 443 | 771 | 608 | 958 | 7,727 | 3.91% |
2013 | 1,185 | 880 | 999 | 1,077 | 766 | 594 | 413 | 323 | 511 | 739 | 1,209 | 929 | 9,625 | 4.73% |
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 | 5.53% |
2016 | 1,268 | 1,144 | 1,096 | 1,026 | 855 | 593 | 402 | 333 | 693 | 960 | 1,071 | 1,186 | 10,627 | 5.68% |
2017 | 918 | 1,071 | 1,184 | 1,181 | 984 | 910 | 608 | 481 | 603 | 1,125 | 1,107 | 1,125 | 11,297 | 6.21% |
2018 | 1,372 | 1,191 | 1,237 | 1,125 | 898 | 5,823 | 7.67% |
Net Generation for Wind, Monthly [21] |
Net Generation for Wind, Monthly [22] |
Megawatts of Installed Generating Capacity[24] |
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See also
References
- ↑ "Illinois Wind Energy" (PDF). U.S. Wind Energy State Facts. American Wind Energy Association. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ↑
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2015 Wind Technologies Market Report. U.S. Department of Energy, EERE. August 2016. p. 9.
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- ↑ "Illinois Incentives/Policies for Renewables & Efficiency". Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency. U.S. Dept. of Energy. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
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(help) - ↑ "Fix for Illinois renewable energy law faces utility opposition". midwestenergynews.com. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ↑ "WIND ENERGY FACTS: ILLINOIS" (PDF). American Wind Energy Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- 1 2 "WindExchange:Illinois 80-meter wind map and wind resource potential". U.S. Department of Energy, EERE. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2 July 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. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
- ↑ "TVA: Energy Purchases from Wind Farms". tva.com. Archived from the original on 2015-07-31.
- ↑ "Illinois Wind Power Maps". windforillinois.org. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ↑ Shady Oaks profile Archived 2014-05-11 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Our Projects - Invenergy". www.invenergyllc.com. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ↑ Kelly Creek Wind Park Commissioned Archived 2016-12-29 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ EIA (May 21, 2013). "Electric Power Monthly". United States Department of Energy. Archived from the original on June 3, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
- ↑ "Electricity Data Browser". www.eia.gov. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ↑ "Electricity Data Browser". www.eia.gov. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ↑ "Electricity Data Browser". www.eia.gov. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ↑ "Installed Wind Capacity". U.S. Department of Energy. Archived from the original on 2014-03-14. Retrieved 2015-03-19.
- ↑ "AWEA 4th quarter 2011 Public Market Report" (PDF). American Wind Energy Association(AWEA). January 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wind power in Illinois. |
- 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