Mendota Hills, LLC
Wind power plant · Lee County, Illinois
Nameplate capacity
76 MW
Rank in Illinois
#118
of 580 plants
In service since
2003
November 2003
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Leeward Asset Management, LLC
- County
- Lee County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.14%
- Rank among wind plants in Illinois
- #48 of 56
- EIA plant code
- 56160
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 76 MW | 76 MW | 2003 | 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
| Lone Tree Wind, LLC | Wind | 79 MW |
| Granite City Works | Other | 78 MW |
| Moline | Natural gas | 76 MW |
| Providence Heights Wind LLC | Wind | 72 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 76 MW solar plant and a 76 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