Panther Creek Wind Project
Wind power plant · Pike County, Illinois
Nameplate capacity
54 MW
Rank in Illinois
#127
of 580 plants
In service since
2025
February 2025
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
- County
- Pike County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.10%
- Rank among wind plants in Illinois
- #51 of 56
- EIA plant code
- 63907
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WTGE | Onshore Wind Turbine | 54 MW | 54 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.
Similarly sized plants in Illinois
| University of Illinois Cogen Facility | Natural gas | 60 MW |
| Ingredion Incorporated | Natural gas | 55 MW |
| Newton Solar BESS LLC | Solar | 54 MW |
| Crescent Ridge | Wind | 53 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 54 MW solar plant and a 54 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