Ford County Wind Farm LLC
Wind power plant · Ford County, Illinois
Nameplate capacity
121 MW
Rank in Illinois
#95
of 580 plants
In service since
2022
March 2022
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Ford Ridge
- County
- Ford County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.23%
- Rank among wind plants in Illinois
- #35 of 56
- EIA plant code
- 65350
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORDC | Onshore Wind Turbine | 121 MW | 121 MW | 2022 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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| Interstate | Natural gas | 139 MW |
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About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 121 MW solar plant and a 121 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Illinois power plants · What Illinois actually generates