Hilltopper Wind Project
Wind power plant · Logan County, Illinois
Nameplate capacity
185 MW
Rank in Illinois
#73
of 580 plants
In service since
2018
December 2018
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Hilltopper Wind Project, LLC
- County
- Logan County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.35%
- Rank among wind plants in Illinois
- #25 of 56
- EIA plant code
- 61735
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WT1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 185 MW | 185 MW | 2018 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Illinois
| Tilton | Natural gas | 188 MW |
| Glacier Sands Wind Power, LLC | Wind | 185 MW |
| Kelly Creek Wind Project | Wind | 184 MW |
| Pilot Hill Wind Farm | Wind | 175 MW |
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 185 MW solar plant and a 185 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