Top Crop I Wind Farm converts the winds that blow over the Illinois Cayuga Ridge into clean electricity. The wind farm is located in Grundy, Livingston and LaSalle Counties. Top Crop I has an installed capacity of 102 MW – enough to power approximately 28,000 average Illinois homes with clean energy each year. Top Crop I, which consists of 68 GE sle 1.5 MW turbines, achieved commercial operation in October 2009. Beginning in 2012, Commonwealth Edison will purchase 25 MW of the clean, renewable energy generated by the wind farm. Currently, the electricity generated by the wind farm is sold into the regional wholesale market. The associated energy credits are used by the businesses and organizations to comply with state renewable energy mandates or to voluntarily reduce the environmental impact of their operations.
Top Crop I Wind Farm converts the winds that blow over the Illinois Cayuga Ridge into clean electricity. The wind farm is located in Grundy, Livingston and LaSalle Counties. Top Crop I has an installed capacity of 102 MW – enough to power approximately 28,000 average Illinois homes with clean energy each year. Top Crop I, which consists of 68 GE sle 1.5 MW turbines, achieved commercial operation in October 2009. Beginning in 2012, Commonwealth Edison will purchase 25 MW of the clean, renewable energy generated by the wind farm. Currently, the electricity generated by the wind farm is sold into the regional wholesale market. The associated energy credits are used by the businesses and organizations to comply with state renewable energy mandates or to voluntarily reduce the environmental impact of their operations.