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Rail Splitter Wind Farm is located in Tazewell and Logan Counties, Illinois, north of the town of Lincoln, near the towns of Delevan, Hopedale and Emden on a glacial moraine known as Union Ridge. With 67 GE
sle 1.5 MW turbines, the wind farm has an installed capacity of
101 MW – enough to power more than 30,000 average Illinois
homes with clean energy each year. The wind farm achieved
commercial operation in September 2009. The electricity
generated by the wind farm is sold into the regional wholesale
market. The associated energy credits are used by businesses
and organizations to comply with state renewable energy
mandates or to voluntarily reduce the environmental impact of
their operations.
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