The Bright Stalk Wind Farm is a 57-turbine wind farm near Chenoa in northeastern McLean County in the U.S. state of Illinois. The turbines were designed to generate a maximum of 205 megawatts of electricity.[1] The complex was completed in 2019 by EDP Renewables North America at a cost of more than $300 million, and entered operations in 2020.[2]
| Bright Stalk Wind Farm | |
|---|---|
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| Country | USA |
| Location | Chenoa, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40°40′45.9″N 88°40′53.5″W / 40.679417°N 88.681528°W |
| Status | Active |
| Owner | EDP Renewables North America |
| Wind farm | |
| Type | Onshore |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 57 x 3.6 MW |
| Make and model | Vestas V136 |
| Storage capacity | 205 MW |
| External links | |
| Website | https://www.edpr.com/north-america/bright-stalk-wind-farm |
Detail
editThe Bright Stalk project's 57 wind turbines are each rated at 3.6 mW.[1] 203 megawatts of the project's overall 205-mW capacity were pre-sold to Walmart (123 mW) and Salesforce (80 mW). The project owner states that the wind farm has created nine permanent jobs in and around Chenoa.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Bright Stalk". edpr.com. EDP Renewables. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
- ^ a b "205-MW Bright Stalk Wind Farm in Illinois now up and running". windpowerengineering.com. Wind Power Engineering. February 6, 2020. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
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