Rail Splitter Wind Farm

OperatingWind

Ranked #45 of 61 Wind plants in IL#724 of 1442 nationally

100.5 MW Wind operating in Tazewell, IL — Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..

EIAGEMWD

100.5 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

unit

Onshore Wind Turbine

Technology

2009

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

40.3692, -89.4022

County

Tazewell, IL

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Ownership & Operator

Owner data does not fully agree across sources.

EIA typically reports the operating utility, while GEM resolves to the financial owner or parent corporation. Both can be correct.

Field	EIA	GEM	Wikidata
Operator	Rail Splitter Wind Farm LLC	EDPR Renewable Energy Sources of Greece 1 Sole Proprietorship	—
Owner(s)	Rail Splitter Wind Farm LLC	EDPR Renewable Energy Sources of Greece 1 Sole Proprietorship [100%]	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

GEM identifies the owner as EDPR Renewable Energy Sources of Greece 1 Sole Proprietorship [100%]

This entity is not yet in the GEM ownership database — chain unavailable.

About

The Rail Splitter Wind Farm is a 67-turbine wind farm in northern Logan County and southern Tazewell County in the U.S. state of Illinois. The wind farm is near the towns of Delavan, Hopedale, and Emden on a glacial moraine known as Union Ridge.

Read more on Wikipedia

Rail Splitter Wind Farm is a 100.5 MW wind power facility located in Tazewell County, Illinois. The plant began operating in 2009 and is owned and operated by Rail Splitter Wind Farm LLC. The facility utilizes a single generator consisting of multiple onshore wind turbines. The wind turbines have a hub height of 80 meters and a rotor diameter of 77 meters. The turbines were manufactured by GE Wind and are model GE1.5-77.

In the most recent year of data, Rail Splitter Wind Farm generated 278,054 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 31.6%. The plant operates within the Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator (MISO) balancing authority and the SERC NERC region. Based on its generating capacity, Rail Splitter Wind Farm is ranked as the 44th largest wind farm in Illinois out of 44, and 717th nationally out of 734.

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Engineering & Generators

Grid Context

NERC Region

SERC

Balancing Authority

Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..

Grid Voltage

138 kV

Regulatory Status

Entity Type

Independent Power Producer

Sector

IPP Non-CHP

Generation

31.0K MWh

Latest Month

278.1K MWh

Annual Generation

31.6%

Capacity Factor

Jan 2022 – Dec 2024

Financial Data

No financial data available for this plant.

Pricing & Market Data

MEDIUM confidence

Market Position

ISO/RTO Market

MISO

LMP Node

AMIL.RSPWIND

Pricing Hub

ILLINOIS.HUB

Location Type

Generation Node

Node Source

Curated node match

News & Articles (10)Beta

Industry·technology

Fastest-Growing Job in US Is in Wind Power: Salary, Career Path

Dakota Carter was in middle school when a new wind farm went up near his hometown of Delavan, Illinois. He was fascinated by the project's...

Dakota Carter (other)Delavan, Illinois (other)

Business Insider·1 years ago

Grid·capacity addition

EDP Renewables starts operation of new 200 MW wind farm in US

Harvest Ridge Wind Farm is Generating Clean Energy in Douglas County, Illinois (USA). EDPR installed capacity is already supplying around...

EDP Renewables (developer)Harvest Ridge Wind Farm (operator)

edp.com·5 years ago

Industry·corporate

Wind energy increasing in Illinois and Indiana, despite challenges

Illinois and Indiana both saw significant increases in wind power in 2019, according to the recently released annual report of the American Wind Energy...

Illinois (other)Indiana (other)

Canary Media·5 years ago