IL - Forefront Windfree- Shabbona 2
Solar power plant · DeKalb County, Illinois
Nameplate capacity
1.3 MW
Rank in Illinois
#633
of 655 plants
In service since
2025
December 2025
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- —
- County
- DeKalb County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.00%
- Rank among solar plants in Illinois
- #440 of 458
- EIA plant code
- 70356
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHAB2 | Solar Photovoltaic | 1.3 MW | 1.3 MW | 2025 | 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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About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, August 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 1.3 MW solar plant and a 1.3 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