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Proposed battery projects in Illinois
There are 103 proposed battery projects in Illinois's interconnection queue, totaling 16.73 GW of requested capacity. The largest is Queue AH2-416 at 450 MW, and the median planned online year is 2027.
103
Proposed projects
16.73 GW
Requested capacity
162.4 MW
Average project size
2027
Median planned online year
All proposed battery projects in Illinois
| Type | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queue AH2-416 AH2-416 | Battery | 450 MW | 2022 | 2026 |
| Monarch Grid, LLC project AG2-545 | Battery | 400 MW | 2025 | 2024 |
| Queue AJ1-012 AJ1-012 | Battery | 354.4 MW | 2023 | 2027 |
| Queue AJ1-011 AJ1-011 | Battery | 328 MW | 2023 | 2027 |
| Queue J2377 J2377 | Battery | 300 MW | 2024 | 2028 |
| Queue J2647 J2647 | Battery | 300 MW | 2022 | 2028 |
| Queue J3216 J3216 | Battery | 300 MW | 2022 | 2027 |
| Queue J3417 J3417 | Battery | 300 MW | 2024 | 2028 |
| Queue J3525 J3525 | Battery | 300 MW | 2024 | 2028 |
| Queue J3558 J3558 | Battery | 300 MW | 2024 | 2027 |
| Queue J3946 J3946 | Battery | 300 MW | 2025 | 2030 |
| Queue AH2-415 AH2-415 | Battery | 300 MW | 2022 | 2026 |
| Queue AI1-024 AI1-024 | Battery | 300 MW | 2022 | 2026 |
| Queue AJ1-014 AJ1-014 | Battery | 260 MW | 2023 | 2027 |
| Queue J3883 J3883 | Battery | 250 MW | 2025 | 2030 |
| Queue J4118 J4118 | Battery | 250 MW | 2025 | 2030 |
| Queue J4198 J4198 | Battery | 250 MW | 2025 | 2030 |
| Queue AI1-149 AI1-149 | Battery | 250 MW | 2022 | 2025 |
| Queue AJ1-013 AJ1-013 | Battery | 250 MW | 2023 | 2027 |
| Queue AH2-421 AH2-421 | Battery | 230 MW | 2022 | 2025 |
| Queue AI1-154 AI1-154 | Battery | 230 MW | 2022 | 2027 |
| Queue J3727 J3727 | Battery | 225 MW | 2024 | 2028 |
| Queue J2379 J2379 | Battery | 200 MW | 2022 | 2026 |
| Queue J2402 J2402 | Battery | 200 MW | 2022 | 2025 |
| Queue J2532 J2532 | Battery | 200 MW | 2022 | 2026 |
| Queue J2587 J2587 | Battery | 200 MW | 2022 | 2025 |
| Queue J2607 J2607 | Battery | 200 MW | 2022 | 2026 |
| Queue J2998 J2998 | Battery | 200 MW | 2022 | 2025 |
| Queue J3031 J3031 | Battery | 200 MW | 2022 | 2026 |
| Queue J3296 J3296 | Battery | 200 MW | 2024 | 2027 |
| Queue J3298 J3298 | Battery | 200 MW | 2024 | 2027 |
| Queue J3497 J3497 | Battery | 200 MW | 2024 | 2028 |
| Queue J3660 J3660 | Battery | 200 MW | 2024 | 2028 |
| Queue J3729 J3729 | Battery | 200 MW | 2024 | 2028 |
| Queue J3881 J3881 | Battery | 200 MW | 2025 | 2030 |
| Queue J3947 J3947 | Battery | 200 MW | 2025 | 2030 |
| Queue J4002 J4002 | Battery | 200 MW | 2025 | 2030 |
| Queue J4137 J4137 | Battery | 200 MW | 2025 | 2030 |
| Queue J4199 J4199 | Battery | 200 MW | 2025 | 2029 |
| Queue J4204 J4204 | Battery | 200 MW | — | 2031 |
| Monarch Grid, LLC project AG2-544 | Battery | 200 MW | 2025 | 2024 |
| Queue AI1-023 AI1-023 | Battery | 200 MW | 2022 | 2026 |
| Riverbank Energy AF2-441 | Battery | 200 MW | 2020 | 2024 |
| Surplus; J1712 S1095 | Battery | 200 MW | 2025 | 2027 |
| Queue J3515 J3515 | Battery | 199.9 MW | 2024 | 2026 |
| Queue J2575 J2575 | Battery | 198 MW | 2022 | 2027 |
| Queue J3517 J3517 | Battery | 190 MW | 2024 | 2028 |
| Queue J3904 J3904 | Battery | 175 MW | 2025 | 2030 |
| Queue AH2-259 AH2-259 | Battery | 172 MW | 2022 | 2024 |
| Queue AH2-204 AH2-204 | Battery | 170 MW | 2022 | 2026 |
| Queue AI1-156 AI1-156 | Battery | 170 MW | 2022 | 2027 |
| Queue AH2-376 AH2-376 | Battery | 153 MW | 2022 | 2027 |
| Queue J2170 J2170 | Battery | 150 MW | 2022 | 2024 |
| Queue J2203 J2203 | Battery | 150 MW | 2022 | 2024 |
| Queue J2627 J2627 | Battery | 150 MW | 2022 | 2025 |
| Queue J3316 J3316 | Battery | 150 MW | 2024 | 2028 |
| Queue J3695 J3695 | Battery | 150 MW | 2024 | 2028 |
| Rockford Generation, LLC project AH1-564 | Battery | 150 MW | 2025 | 2025 |
| Queue AH2-377 AH2-377 | Battery | 150 MW | 2022 | 2024 |
| Aurora Battery Storage II AH1-563 | Battery | 150 MW | 2025 | 2025 |
| Surplus S1077 | Battery | 150 MW | 2025 | 2029 |
| Queue J3063 J3063 | Battery | 143 MW | 2022 | 2026 |
| Queue J2551 J2551 | Battery | 110 MW | 2022 | 2026 |
| Queue AH2-015 AH2-015 | Battery | 110 MW | 2021 | 2025 |
| Queue AI1-155 AI1-155 | Battery | 110 MW | 2022 | 2027 |
| Queue AH2-375 AH2-375 | Battery | 106 MW | 2022 | 2027 |
| Queue J2124 J2124 | Battery | 100 MW | 2021 | 2022 |
| Queue J2195 J2195 | Battery | 100 MW | 2025 | 2024 |
| Queue J2197 J2197 | Battery | 100 MW | 2025 | 2024 |
| Queue J2375 J2375 | Battery | 100 MW | 2022 | 2027 |
| Queue J2383 J2383 | Battery | 100 MW | 2022 | 2027 |
| Queue J3344 J3344 | Battery | 100 MW | 2024 | 2028 |
| Queue J3565 J3565 | Battery | 100 MW | 2024 | 2028 |
| Queue J3968 J3968 | Battery | 100 MW | 2025 | 2028 |
| Queue AH2-120 AH2-120 | Battery | 100 MW | 2022 | 2028 |
| Queue AH2-121 AH2-121 | Battery | 100 MW | 2022 | 2028 |
| Queue AH2-122 AH2-122 | Battery | 100 MW | 2022 | 2028 |
| Queue AH2-123 AH2-123 | Battery | 100 MW | 2022 | 2028 |
| Queue AH2-124 AH2-124 | Battery | 100 MW | 2022 | 2028 |
| Surplus S1103 | Battery | 100 MW | 2025 | 2026 |
| Surplus S1104 | Battery | 100 MW | 2025 | 2026 |
| Big Shoulders Storage LLC project AH1-673 | Battery | 85 MW | 2025 | — |
| Queue J2552 J2552 | Battery | 80 MW | 2022 | 2026 |
| Scout Solar DevCo LLC project AG2-675 | Battery | 80 MW | 2025 | 2024 |
| NRG Midwest Storage LLC project AH1-165 | Battery | 72 MW | 2025 | 2025 |
| Queue J2376 J2376 | Battery | 60 MW | 2022 | 2024 |
| Queue AH2-372 AH2-372 | Battery | 52 MW | 2022 | 2028 |
| Queue J2159 J2159 | Battery | 50 MW | 2021 | 2024 |
| Queue J2974 J2974 | Battery | 50 MW | 2022 | 2026 |
| Queue J3892 J3892 | Battery | 50 MW | 2025 | 2028 |
| Aurora Solar LLC project AG2-061 | Battery | 50 MW | 2025 | 2023 |
| Top Crop Generating Facility AF2-226 | Battery | 50 MW | 2020 | 2023 |
| Top Crop Generating Facility AF2-319 | Battery | 50 MW | 2020 | 2023 |
| Twin Groves Storage I AF2-252 | Battery | 50 MW | 2020 | 2028 |
| Twin Groves Storage II AF2-352 | Battery | 50 MW | 2020 | 2028 |
| Zion Energy Center - BESS AF2-027 | Battery | 50 MW | 2019 | 2027 |
| Queue J1882 J1882 | Battery | 45 MW | 2022 | 2024 |
| Queue AI2-007 AI2-007 | Battery | 40 MW | 2022 | 2027 |
| Black Diamond Solar AG1-460 | Battery | 30 MW | 2020 | 2022 |
| Calumet BESS AF2-031 | Battery | 20 MW | 2019 | 2027 |
Showing the 100 largest of 103 projects by requested capacity.
Browse Illinois's full interconnection queue. Compare with operating capacity: 3 operating storage plants in Illinois. Nationwide: Storage plants nationwide.
Source: "Queued Up" (Rand et al., Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2026 edition) (data as of December 31, 2025).