60th largest plant in Illinois · 1403rd nationally
Grand Ridge Wind Energy Center is a wind power plant in Illinois with a nameplate capacity of 210 MW. It generates roughly 426.0k MWh per year — enough to power about 40,573 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 23% reflects intermittent or peaking operation.
| Plant Name | Grand Ridge Wind Energy Center |
|---|---|
| Operator | Invenergy Services Llc |
| City | Marseilles |
| County | Lasalle County |
| State | Illinois |
| ZIP | 60470 |
| Coordinates | 41.22690, -88.68360 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | Wind | 99.0 MW | Operating | 2008 |
| 2 | Onshore Wind Turbine | Wind | 51.0 MW | Operating | 2009 |
| 3 | Onshore Wind Turbine | Wind | 49.5 MW | Operating | 2009 |
| 4 | Onshore Wind Turbine | Wind | 10.5 MW | Operating | 2009 |
| NERC Region | RFC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Pjm Interconnection, Llc |
Wind farms harvest kinetic energy from moving air using large rotor blades coupled to generators. Like solar, they produce zero emissions but vary with weather. Onshore wind capacity factors typically run 30–45%; offshore can exceed 50%.