Mendota Hills Wind Farm

Mendota Hills Wind Farm
Mendota Hills Wind Farm
	The Mendota Hills Wind Farm in southeast Lee county just west of Interstate 39 exit 82
Country	USA
Location	Paw Paw, Illinois
Coordinates	41°43′27.4″N 89°2′51.8″W / 41.724278°N 89.047722°W
Status	Active
Commission date	2003
Owner(s)	Leeward Renewable Energy
Wind farm
Type	Onshore
Power generation
Units operational	29 x 2.625 MW
Make and model	SiemensGamesa G126
Nameplate capacity	76.2 MW;
Storage capacity	76 MW
External links
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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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