Country United States Nameplate capacity 300 MW Units operational 150 | Commission date March 2010 Owner Iberdrola Renovables | |
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Location Livingston County, Illinois, Illinois | ||
The 300 MW Streator Cayuga Ridge South Wind Farm, located near Odell, Illinois, officially started generating power in March 2010. The developer received a $170 million grant through the U.S. Department of Energy's Section 1603 grants-in-lieu-of-tax-credits program. About 300 construction jobs were created, and for every 10 wind turbines one full-time maintenance position has been created. The county also expects to receive about $3.3 million per year in tax revenue from the wind farm.
Many of the wind farm's turbines can be easily seen from Interstate 55.
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