# Pilot Hill Wind Farm

PJM asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/pilot-hill-wind-farm

Pilot Hill Wind, LLC - Kankakee County - PJM

Pilot Hill Wind Farm is a 175 MW onshore wind facility located in Kankakee and Iroquois Counties, Illinois, comprising 103 GE wind turbines (91 × GE 1.7-100 and 12 × GE 1.85-87 units). The project reached commercial operation on September 26, 2015, and is owned by Pilot Hill Wind, LLC. EDF Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc. Microsoft Corporation holds a 20-year power purchase agreement covering 100% of the project's output for its Illinois data center. The facility generates approximately 588.6 GWh annually and avoids approximately 365,000–374,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 175 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 58898 — plant-58898

## Facts

- **Technology:** Onshore Wind Turbine
- **Operator:** EDF Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.

## Related parties

- **Offtaker:** Microsoft Corporation — Power purchaser / offtaker ([source](https://www.microsoft.com/))
- **Equipment supplier:** General Electric (GE) — Wind turbine supplier ([source](https://www.gevernova.com/wind-power/wind-turbines))
- **Equity investor:** GE Energy Financial Services — Structured equity financier
- **Equity investor:** MetLife, Inc. — Structured equity financier ([source](https://www.metlife.com/))
- **Former owner:** Orion Energy Group LLC — Former owner and development partner
- **Former owner:** Vision Energy LLC — Former owner and development partner
- **EPC contractor / construction contractor:** M. A. Mortenson Company (Mortenson Construction) — Engineering, procurement, and construction contractor ([source](http://mortenson.com/industries/energy-infrastructure))
- **Construction contractor:** Rachel Contracting — Project team and site contractor ([source](https://www.rachelcontracting.com/projects/pilot-hill-wind-project/))

## Sources

- [edf-re.com](https://www.edf-re.com/press-release/edf-renewable-energy-acquires-175-mw-wind-project-power-purchase-agreement-microsoft/) — edf-re.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [edf-re.com](https://www.edf-re.com/press-release/edf-renewable-energy-announces-commercial-operation-pilot-hill-wind-project/) — edf-re.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [edf-re.com](https://www.edf-re.com/press-release/pilot-hill-wind-project-closes-financing-ge-metlife) — edf-re.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Website: [Pilot Hill Wind, LLC](https://www.edf-re.com/)

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