Bright Stalk II Wind Farm | EDPR North America

Bright Stalk II Wind Farm will have an installed capacity of 150 megawatts (MW). Bright Stalk II's generation will be equivalent to the consumption of 51,000 Illinois homes.

Bright Stalk II Wind Farm yields significant economic benefits to the community in the form of payments to landowners, local spending, and annual community investment.

Bright Stalk II represents a capital investment of approximately $210 million and will disperse over a million dollars in cumulative payments to local governments through the life of the project. The project will create over a hundred full-time equivalent jobs during construction and several permanent jobs during the life of the project. $2 million+ dollars will be spent within 50 miles of the wind farm through the life of the project.

Bright Stalk II Wind Farm is compatible with other land uses and will provide a stable form of income to local landowners. $1.5 million dollars will be paid to local landowners through the life of the project.

Modern wind turbine generators are sophisticated, high-tech machines designed to capture the kinetic energy of the wind and convert it into electricity. A turbine’s blades capture the wind and rotate an internal shaft connected to a gearbox spinning a generator to produce electricity.

Bright Stalk II is anticipated to consist of approximately 42 3.6 MW wind turbines. The number and nameplate capacity of turbines is expected to be finalized in 2023.