Twin Groves Wind Farm
(Ellsworth Illinois)
One of World’s Largest Wind Farms, Bloomington, Il.
WJBC AM 1230 http://www.wjbc.com reports that 37 of the 240 turbines to be erected at the Twin Groves wind farm in Ellsworth, Illinois are up and running. The farm started producing energy early last month. Half of the turbines are projected to be working by the end of this month, with the remaining 120 to be up by the beginning of next year. (April 23 2007)
Currently produces 396 wegawatts compared to Picken’s 1000 megawatts
Horizon Wind Energy LLC
Twin Groves I Wind Farm
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9 responses so far ↓
heatherlsimpson // July 26, 2008 at 1:04 am |
I am always glad to see new wind farms! Thanks for the info.
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Nicolas // July 26, 2008 at 3:34 am |
Thanks for the comment over on our blog http://morgansolar.wordpress.com/
Nice to hear about the wind farms, I hadn’t caught that one, oh and, T. Boon Pickens should be listened if for no other reason than he has the most awesome name ever.
heatherlsimpson // July 26, 2008 at 4:54 am |
That is hilarious, Nicolas! :)
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dummidumbwit // October 6, 2008 at 8:09 pm |
http://dummidumbwit.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/more-twin-groves-winfarm-pictures/
More and Better Twin Groves Pictures
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Paul Chaston // April 10, 2009 at 5:42 pm |
Interesting post about the wind farm. Much more sensible idea than growing crops to turn into bio-fuel. Trouble is in the UK there are so many NIMBY`s (Not in my back yard). What the fail to see is that once a new, clean and cheap energy source is developed (and it will happen) it`s a fairly easy process to return the land back to what it was like before the wind turbines were installed. Unlike the huge areas of forested land in Canada that have been cleared to surface mine for oil bearing sands and shale, or the huge opencast coal mines around the world.
daniel 1949 // May 12, 2009 at 5:39 pm |
I have seen this myself, it is impressive to see hundreds of wind turbines spinning, creating more power in McLean county than it uses.
The farmers love the income, and people come from far away to see it.
Yes, now it costs 1cent more a KWH than coal plants, but fuel costs are zero. And after the construction costs are paid for, in about 8 years, it will be cheaper than coal.
dummidumbwit // May 14, 2009 at 2:08 pm |
I hope we are on the return to stability in economic matters, but long term, the Picken’s plan went into the stimulus as Picken’s desired, see what happens??