By Benjamin Cox on March 11, 2021 at 2:39pm
West Central Illinois is set to get another major wind turbine farm.
Prairie Power has announced it is working in cooperation with Illinois Winds, LLC, a subsidiary of PowerWorks to create a 16-turbine wind farm near Pittsfield. The project is called the Panther Creek Wind project. It is expected to produce approximately 44 milliwatts of power.
The Idaho-based Power Works currently owns 3 other projects in Idaho, Oklahoma, and Missouri. Over the past two decades, they owned and operated 4 wind farms in California totaling 800 wind turbines.
The Panther Creek Wind project is set to host 16 turbines with construction expected to begin in mid-2022. Prairie Power is set to purchase 100% of the power from the project. Prairie Power President & CEO Eric Hobbie says it’s excited to provide the carbon-free power to its 10 rural electric cooperatives across Central Illinois.
Pike County wind power project takes a leap forward
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The Panther Creek wind project will generate 44 megawatts through 16 turbines being built on private agricultural land. Construction is expected by mid-2022.Tali Aiona | EyeEm
PITTSFIELD Construction of a wind energy project that will produce enough electricity to power almost 20,000 houses will move forward near Pittsfield.
Boise, Idaho-based Illinois Winds LLC said an agreement has been reached with Prairie Power for the purchase of all of the power generated by the Panther Creek wind project for 20 years. It also has inked an agreement to connect to the distribution system.
Prairie Power is a member-owned, not-for-profit electric cooperative headquartered in Springfield. Through its 10 electric distribution cooperatives, it provides power to about 78,000 members in central Illinois. It buys wind-generated energy through several companies and also has developed two 500-kilowatt community-based solar pro