Monarch Warren County Turbine ProjectCX(s) Applied: B3.1, A9Date: 03/17/2010Location(s): Warren County, IllinoisOffice(s): Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Golden Field Office
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March 17, 2010
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CX(s) Applied: B3.1, A9
Date: 03/17/2010
Location(s): Warren County, Illinois
Office(s): Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Golden Field Office
The proposed project consists of the development and construction of a 20 megawatt wind generation facility on approximately 750 acres of land leased in Warren County, Illinois in collaboration with General Electric Energy (turbine supplier). The site is located about four miles south of Monmouth in West Central Illinois along both sides of Route 67. Eight turbines are proposed to be constructed on land lease from private landowners, with the other five turbines to be installed on County property. Monarch Wind Power has completed a wind study that uses two years of site-specific data and provides estimates of renewable energy generation for various turbines, as well as avian/environmental study. The entire 20 megawatt facility will be interconnected to an Ameren 69 kilovolt distribution line that runs along Route 67. The line bifurcates the site.