By Benjamin Cox on March 11, 2021 at 2:39pm West Central Illinois is set to get another major wind turbine farm. Prairie Power has announced it is working in cooperation with Illinois Winds, LLC, a subsidiary of PowerWorks to create a 16-turbine wind farm near Pittsfield. The project is called the Panther Creek Wind project. It is expected to produce approximately 44 milliwatts of power. The Idaho-based Power Works currently owns 3 other projects in Idaho, Oklahoma, and Missouri. Over the past two decades, they owned and operated 4 wind farms in California totaling 800 wind turbines. The Panther Creek Wind project is set to host 16 turbines with construction expected to begin in mid-2022. Prairie Power is set to purchase 100% of the power from the project. Prairie Power President & CEO Eric Hobbie says it’s excited to provide the carbon-free power to its 10 rural electric cooperatives across Central Illinois.