Ford County, Illinois
Ford County, Illinois has 14 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 11 operating plants totaling 867.1 MW and 3 planned projects totaling 377.1 MW. No data center record lists the county. Solar leads with 491.8 MW across 8 projects. 3 planned projects are past their listed in-service date.
Ford County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 6 of its 6 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.
Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers
of the county's operating generation is in the queue as new capacity: 377.1 MW planned across 3 projects against 867.1 MW operating, 3 of the planned projects already late.
Technology mix
14 projects, 1.2 GW planned and operating
Power generation in the county
11 plants operate inside Ford County, 867.1 MW. The queue adds 377.1 MW across 3 projects, and 3 of them are past their listed in-service date.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Ford County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solar | Operating | 7 | 291.8 |
| Solar | Planned | 1 | 200 |
| Wind | Operating | 2 | 305.3 |
| Wind | Planned | 1 | 120 |
| Natural Gas | Operating | 2 | 270 |
| Natural Gas | Planned | 1 | 57.1 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 57.1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 120 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 200 |
Ford County against its neighbors
None of the 6 neighboring counties with a page lists a data center record. Livingston County has the most operating generation among them, 914.9 MW.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston County | 0 | 1,811 | 0x | ||
| Ford County this page | 0 | 377 | 0x | ||
| McLean County | 0 | 2,666 | 0x | ||
| Vermilion County | 0 | 743 | 0x | ||
| Iroquois County | 0 | 993 | 0x | ||
| Champaign County | 0 | 1,273 | 0x | ||
| Kankakee County | 0 | 2,064 | 0x |
Data center MW counts records planned, under construction and operating. Generation is inside the county only. Neighbors without a page have fewer than three projects on record.
7 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
6 projects in Ford County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Ford County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 6 changes.
| Project | Change | Technology | MW | Previous date | New date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rows are hidden on public pages. Members see the project behind each change, its developer and the dates that moved.
Every record in Ford County
Project name, developer, status, MW, in-service year and the developer’s contacts, for all 14 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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