Mendota Hills Wind Farm

Mendota Hills Wind Farm
The Mendota Hills Wind Farm in southeast Lee county just west of Interstate 39 exit 82
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CountryUSA
LocationPaw Paw, Illinois
Coordinates41°43′27.4″N 89°2′51.8″W / 41.724278°N 89.047722°W / 41.724278; -89.047722
StatusActive
Commission date2003
OwnerLeeward Renewable Energy
Wind farm
TypeOnshore
Power generation
Units operational29 x 2.625 MW
Make and modelSiemensGamesa G126
Nameplate capacity
  • 76.2 MW
Storage capacity76 MW
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Three of the turbines at Mendota Hills Wind Farm.

The Mendota Hills Wind Farm is a wind farm in Lee County, Illinois near the village of Paw Paw. It operates 29 wind turbines. Each wind turbine stands 214 ft (65.23 m) tall and has three 85 ft (35.91 m) long blades. The wind farm was constructed from June 2003 to November 24, 2003. Mendota Hills was the first utility-scale wind farm in the state of Illinois.[1]

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