Wind Farms

RAIL SPLITTER WIND FARM, ILLINOIS

 

 

Rail Splitter Wind Farm is located in Tazewell and Logan Counties, Illinois, north of the town of Lincoln, near the towns of Delevan, Hopedale and Emden on a glacial moraine known as Union Ridge. With 67 GE sle 1.5 MW turbines, the wind farm has an installed capacity of 100.5 megawatts (MW) - enough to power approximately 28,000 average Illinois homes with clean energy each year. The wind farm achieved commercial operation in the September 2009.