The Camp Grove Wind Farm is a 100-turbine wind farm

Wind farm

A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electric power. A large wind farm may consist of several hundred individual wind turbines, and cover an extended area of hundreds of square miles, but the land between the turbines may be used for agricultural or other...

 in Marshall County

Marshall County, Illinois

The median income for a household in the county was $41,576, and the median income for a family was $48,061. Males had a median income of $35,765 versus $21,452 for females. The per capita income for the county was $19,065...

 and Stark County

Stark County, Illinois

Stark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 5,994, which is a decrease of 5.3% from 6,332 in 2000...

, in downstate Illinois

Illinois

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 north of the city of Peoria

Peoria, Illinois

Peoria is the largest city on the Illinois River and the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, in the United States. It is named after the Peoria tribe. As of the 2010 census, the city was the seventh-most populated in Illinois, with a population of 115,007, and is the third-most populated...

. The owner of the project is Camp Grove Wind Farm LLC, which is owned by subsidiaries of Orion Energy Group LLC and other investors. The project is managed by Orion Energy Group LLC, and, at 1.5 megawatts per General Electric

General Electric

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 turbine, has a nameplate capacity of 150 megawatts (mW).

The turbine farm began to operate in November 2007. 75 mW of the power generated by Camp Grove, approximately one-half of the nameplate campacity, is sold pursuant to a 20-year contract to the Appalachian Power

Appalachian Power

Appalachian Power is a subsidiary of American Electric Power of Columbus, Ohio. It is based in Charleston, West Virginia and owns the rights to Appalachian Power Park in Charleston...

 unit of American Electric Power

American Electric Power

American Electric Power is a major investor-owner electric utility in various parts of the United States. AEP ranks among the nation's largest generators of electricity, owning nearly 38,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the U.S...

, a multi-state electrical generation holding company. 60 of the turbines are located in Marshall County, and 40 in the smaller Stark County. The nearest village is Camp Grove

Camp Grove, Illinois

Camp Grove is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, Illinois, United States. Camp Grove is east-northeast of Wyoming. Camp Grove has a post office with ZIP code 61424.The Camp Grove Wind Farm is located adjacent to the community....

, for which the wind farm is named.