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Wind Farm near Mendota IL

Wind Mills/Wind Farm. The farm is located off I-39 in Paw Paw, IL. (c)All photos copyright to Jennifer Zimmerman.
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Mendota Hills Wind Farm
50 MW Wind Farm in Lee County, Illinois
Capacity 50.4 Megawatts
Turbines Sixty three (63) Gamesa G53-800kw wind turbines. Turbine hub height is 213 feet with a 171 foot rotor diameter.
Energy Purchaser Commonwealth Edison
Location Lee County, IL
Build Status Operational: November 24, 2003
Output Estimated 125 million kWh (kilowatt hours) produced annually, enough to power approximately 15,000 homes. Come check out a comedy podcast (radio show)
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Welcome to my Planet of Wind Mills
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Welcome to my Planet of Wind Mills
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Welcome to my Planet of Wind Mills		 Welcome to my Planet of Wind Mills
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Eric 12-May-2006 04:08
Great pictures of the Wind Farms. I actually built those in 2004 and learned alot about their operation. Minumun wind movement (20-30mph at 200 feet) will run the generator at full output with minimun maintainence. Anyway, a great gallery of photos... nice work!
Tom 07-Mar-2006 04:08
Jennifer, I love your photos. Just drove through that area, saw the wind farm, but lighting was terrible for pics. Decided to look online and found yours... THANK YOU!
BTW, info at http://www.windpower.com/projects_detail.cfm?ProjectID=19 says the output from the entire farm powers about 15,000 homes annually.
Thanks, Tom
Steve 30-Nov-2005 18:17
I like your shots, the pole, the height, the grace and the dynamics. I have visited some sites. Built two before the '73 oil embargo. What the hell is go'n on, w/ the auto industry too? The projections appear a bit high, most farms are rated on MW/YR. Typical single units are in 1.5 - 2MW range, and can probably support 500-600 homes. Hard to tell what you shot. If you know different let me know. I'll be learning all the way to the grave.
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