Pioneer Trail Wind Farm, LLC is a 150.4 MW onshore wind turbine plant in Iroquois County. Pioneer Trail is a 150.4 MW wind farm of 94 GE 1.6 XLE turbines spanning Ford and Iroquois counties in Illinois. EIA records an initial operation date of December 2011.
EIA plant 57675 · Inventory for Aug 2026.
| Generator | Technology | Status | Power (MW) | Energy (MWh) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTWF | Onshore Wind Turbine | Operating | 150.4 | Unknown |
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Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTWF | 150.4 MW 150.4 MW summer | Onshore Wind Turbine Wind · WT | Dec 2011 | Operating |
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Monthly generation is reported through EIA-923. Capacity factor uses the current EIA nameplate capacity and is shown only for complete calendar years.
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EIA-860 lists generator PTWF with this operating date.
$150 million institutional equity from Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
A turbine was found leaning, taken offline and investigated.
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Pioneer Trail Wind Farm reports 150.4 MW wind of operating nameplate capacity. These technology ratings do not establish a common export limit. Source: EIA Aug 2026.
Pioneer Trail Wind Farm is a Onshore Wind Turbine facility in Iroquois County, IL, participating in the MISO market.
Pioneer Trail Wind Farm is in Iroquois County, IL, inside the MISO balancing area.
Pioneer Trail Wind Farm is operated by RWE Clean Energy according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.
Pioneer Trail Wind Farm reported 458.8 GWh over the twelve months to 2024-12. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.
By capacity, Pioneer Trail Wind Farm ranks #447 of 1,374 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #29 of 57 in IL.
Plants within 25 km, nearest first, regardless of technology. Proximity is straight-line distance between mapped plant coordinates; it does not by itself establish a shared point of interconnection.
Portfolio membership follows the latest EIA-860 reporting entity. It does not imply ultimate ownership.
