List of wind farms in the United States
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This is a list of large wind farms in the United States, with an installed generating capacity of 120 megawatts (MW) or more. The Roscoe Wind Farm
(780 MW) in Texas
is the world's largest wind farm
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Roscoe Wind Farm
The Roscoe Wind Farm in Roscoe, Texas, owned and operated by E.ON Climate & Renewables is the world's largest capacity wind farm with 627 wind turbines and a total installed capacity of 781.5 MW, which surpasses the nearby 735.5 MW Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center.Roscoe was constructed in four phases...
(780 MW) in Texas
Wind power in Texas
Wind power in Texas consists of many wind farms with a total installed nameplate capacity of 10,223 MW from over 40 different projects. Texas produces the most wind power of any U.S. state, followed by Iowa with 3,708 MW...
is the world's largest 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...
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Operating
Farm | Installed capacity (MW) | State | Coordinates |
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Adair Wind Farm | 174 | Iowa | |
Altamont Pass Wind Farm Altamont Pass Wind Farm The Altamont Pass Wind Farm is located in the Altamont Pass of the Diablo Range in Central California. It is one of the earliest wind farms in the United States. The wind farm is composed of 4930 relatively small wind turbines of various types, making it at one time the largest farm in the world in... |
606 | California | 37°43′57"N 121°39′9"W |
Alta Wind Alta Wind Energy Center The Alta Wind Energy Center is a wind farm located in Tehachapi Pass of the Tehachapi Mountains, in Kern County, California. As of 2011, it is the largest wind farm in California, with a combined installed capacity of 720 MW. The project, which is being developed near Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm... I, II, III, IV, V |
720 | California | 35°1′16"N 118°19′14"W |
Ashtabula Wind Farm | 196 | North Dakota | |
Barton Wind Farm | 160 | Iowa | |
Benton County Wind Farm Benton County Wind Farm The Benton County Wind Farm consists of 87 model sl/sle Gen4 GE 1.5 MW wind turbines near Earl Park, Indiana in northern Benton County, Indiana. The farm's nameplate capacity is 130.5 MW. It began commercial operation in April 2008. At the time of its construction, it was Indiana's only... |
130.5 | Indiana | 40°41′10"N 87°24′32"W |
Bent Tree Wind Farm | 201 | Minnesota | |
Big Horn Wind Farm Big Horn Wind Farm The Big Horn Wind Farm has a 200 megawatt generating capacity and uses 133 GE Energy 1.5 MW wind turbines. This wind power plant is owned by Big Horn LLC, a subsidiary of Iberdrola Renewables.It is located in Klickitat County, Washington and 98 percent of the land it is on remains available for... |
200 | Washington | |
Biglow Canyon Wind Farm Biglow Canyon Wind Farm Biglow Canyon Wind Farm is an electricity generating wind farm facility in Sherman County, Oregon, United States. It is owned by Portland, Oregon, based Portland General Electric and began operations in 2007. With the completion of phase 3 of the project it has a generating capacity of 450 megawatts... |
450 | Oregon | 45°38′15"N 120°36′19"W |
Big Sky Wind Farm | 240 | Illinois | |
Blackstone Wind Farm II | 200 | Illinois | |
Blue Canyon Wind Farm Blue Canyon Wind Farm Blue Canyon Wind Farm is the largest wind farm in Oklahoma, United States. The project, located in the Slick Hills north of Lawton, consists of three phases.... |
225 | Oklahoma | 34°50′49"N 98°34′01"W |
Blue Sky Green Field Wind Farm Blue Sky Green Field Wind Farm Blue Sky Green Field wind farm is a wind farm in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. The farm is located between near Mount Calvary in the south with its north edge at the Calumet County border in the town of Calumet. The farm is owned by We Energies... |
145 | Wisconsin | |
Brazos Wind Ranch | 160 | Texas | 32°57′00"N 101°08′49"W |
Buena Vista (Storm Lake) | 193 | Iowa | |
Buffalo Gap Wind Farm Buffalo Gap Wind Farm The Buffalo Gap Wind Farm is located in Nolan and Taylor Counties, about south west of Abilene, Texas. It was constructed in three phases and has a total wind generation capacity of 524 megawatts .... |
523 | Texas | 32°18′38"N 100°8′57"W |
Buffalo Ridge Wind Farm Buffalo Ridge Wind Farm Buffalo Ridge Wind Farm is a large wind farm near Lake Benton, Minnesota that is located on the geological Buffalo Ridge.- History :In 1994, a Minnesota legislative mandate increased the demand for wind power in Minnesota. Buffalo Ridge's geography is well suited for wind power and it has been... |
225 | Minnesota | |
Buffalo Ridge II | 210 | South Dakota | |
Bull Creek Wind Farm | 180 | Texas | |
Camp Grove Wind Farm Camp Grove Wind Farm The Camp Grove Wind Farm is a 100-turbine wind farm in Marshall County and Stark County, in downstate Illinois north of the city of Peoria. The owner of the project is Camp Grove Wind Farm LLC, which is owned by subsidiaries of Orion Energy Group LLC and other investors... |
150 | Illinois | |
Capricorn Ridge Wind Farm Capricorn Ridge Wind Farm The Capricorn Ridge Wind Farm is located in Sterling and Coke counties, Texas. It is a 662.5 MW wind farm, with 342 GE 1.5 MW wind turbines and 65 2.3 MW Siemens turbines that are capable of generating enough electricity for more than 220,000 homes... |
662 | Texas | 31°54′11"N 100°54′04"W |
Carroll Wind Farm | 150 | Iowa | |
Cedar Creek Wind Farm Cedar Creek Wind Farm The Cedar Creek Wind Farm is a 551.3MW, 397 wind turbine facility, consists of 2 phases, Cedar Creek I and Cedar Creek II, located 13km east of Grover in north-central Weld County, Colorado, which became fully operational with the completion of Cedar Creek II in 2010... I & II |
550 | Colorado | 40°52′16"N 104°5′35"W |
Cedar Point Wind Farm | 243 | Colorado | |
Century Wind Farm | 200 | Iowa | |
Colorado Green Wind Farm | 162 | Colorado | |
Crow Lake Wind Farm | 162 | South Dakota | |
Crystal Lake Wind Farm Crystal Lake Wind Farm Crystal Lake Wind Farm is an electricity generating wind farm facility in Winnebago and Hancock County, Iowa, United States. It is owned by a subsidiary of Florida-based Next Era and began operations in 2008. With the completion of phase 3 of the project it has a generating capacity of 416 megawatts... |
416 | Iowa | 43°13′45"N 93°50′28"W" |
Desert Sky Wind Farm Desert Sky Wind Farm The Desert Sky Wind Farm is a 160.5 megawatt wind power station located near the far West Texas town of Iraan, in Pecos County. The wind farm consists of 107 GE wind turbines, each rated at 1.5 megawatts spread over a area... |
160 | Texas | 30°54′58"N 102°06′29"W |
Dutch Hill/Cohocton Wind Farm Dutch Hill/Cohocton Wind Farm The Dutch Hill/Cohocton Wind Farm is a 125 Megawatt wind farm in Cohocton, New York. It uses 50 2.5 MW Clipper Windpower turbines. The turbines are the Liberty Wind Turbine, the largest found in the United States. The wind farm provides power for about 50,000 Northeastern homes. The wind farm is... |
125 | New York | |
EC&R Papalote Creek II | 200 | Texas | |
Elk River Wind Farm | 150 | Kansas | |
Elm Creek II | 149 | Minnesota | |
Endeavor Wind Farm | 150 | Iowa | |
Farmers City Wind Project | 146 | Missouri | |
Fenton Wind Farm Fenton Wind Farm The Fenton Wind Farm is a 205.5 megawatt wind energy project built by , that became operational in the second half of 2007. The $385-million project is in Chandler, Minnesota on a site that encompasses Murray and Nobles counties and consists of 137 GE 1.5 MW wind turbines.Power generated by the... |
206 | Minnesota | |
Forward Wind Energy Center Forward Wind Energy Center The Forward Wind Energy Center is a wind farm in Dodge and Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin near Brownsville, Wisconsin. The farm is planned to consist of 86 General Electric 1.5sle Wind turbines... |
129 | Wisconsin | 43°37′1"N 88°29′28"W |
Fowler Ridge Wind Farm Fowler Ridge Wind Farm The Fowler Ridge Wind Farm currently consists of two completed phases with the possibility of a third phase some time in the near future. The wind farm is in Benton County, Indiana, near the city of Fowler, IN about northwest of Lafayette and northwest of Indianapolis... |
600 | Indiana | 40°36′31"N 87°19′15"W |
Glacier Wind Farm Wind power in Montana Wind power in Montana is a growing industry. At a nameplate capacity of 210 megawatts , the $500 million Glacier Wind Farm, which is located in Toole and Glacier counties, became Montana's largest in October 2009, surpassing the 135 MW Judith Gap Wind Farm in Wheatland County.Rim Rock Wind Farm is... |
210 | Montana | |
Goodland I | 130 | Indiana | |
Goshen Wind Farm II | 125 | Idaho | |
Grand Ridge | 210 | Illinois | |
Green Mt. Energy Wind Farm Wind power in Texas Wind power in Texas consists of many wind farms with a total installed nameplate capacity of 10,223 MW from over 40 different projects. Texas produces the most wind power of any U.S. state, followed by Iowa with 3,708 MW... |
160 | Texas | |
Gulf Wind Farm Gulf Wind Farm The 283 megawatt Gulf Wind Farm is located on the Texas Gulf Coast in Kenedy County. It is owned by the Pattern Energy Group which is based in San Francisco. Most of the wind farm’s output has been contracted under long-term power purchase agreements.... |
283 | Texas | 27°05′16.02"N 97°35′22.02"W |
Hackberry Wind Project Hackberry Wind Project The Hackberry Wind Project is a US $350 million wind farm in Shackelford County, Texas. The project consists of 72 Siemens wind turbines with a total capacity of 166 megawatts. The energy is used by residents of the City of Austin and surrounding communities... |
165 | Texas | 32°49′27"N 99°16′42"W |
High Winds Wind Farm | 162 | California | |
Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center is a large wind farm with 735.5 megawatt capacity. It consists of 291 GE 1.5 MW wind turbines and 130 Siemens 2.3 MW wind turbines spread over nearly 47,000 acres of land in Taylor and Nolan County, Texas.... |
736 | Texas | 32°11′24"N 100°01′48"W |
Inadale Wind Farm | 197 | Texas | |
Intrepid Wind Farm Intrepid Wind Farm The Intrepid Wind Farm consists of 107 wind turbines, located in Sac and Buena Vista counties in north-west Iowa, has a generating capacity of 160.5 megawatts of electricity, enough to supply some 43,000 homes... |
160 | Iowa | 42°30′N 95°06′W |
Judith Gap Wind Farm Wind power in Montana Wind power in Montana is a growing industry. At a nameplate capacity of 210 megawatts , the $500 million Glacier Wind Farm, which is located in Toole and Glacier counties, became Montana's largest in October 2009, surpassing the 135 MW Judith Gap Wind Farm in Wheatland County.Rim Rock Wind Farm is... |
135 | Montana | |
Juniper Canyon | 151 | Washington | |
Keenan II | 152 | Oklahoma | |
Kibby Wind Power Project | 132 | Maine | 45°25′07"N 70°32′40"W |
King Mountain Wind Farm King Mountain Wind Farm The King Mountain Wind Farm is a 278.2 megawatt wind farm in Upton County, Texas, United States. 214 Siemens 1.3 MW wind turbines are sited in rows along the south-eastern and north-western edges of a mesa surrounded by deep ravines. The project was completed in December 2001. Annual... |
281 | Texas | 31°14′16"N 102°14′16"W |
Klondike Wind Farm Klondike Wind Farm Klondike Wind farm is located in Sherman County, east of the small agricultural community of Wasco, in the north-central part of the U.S. state of Oregon... |
400 | Oregon | 45°34′48"N 120°36′36"W |
Lakefield Wind Farm(phase 1&2) | 206 | Minnesota | |
Langdon Wind Energy Center | 159 | North Dakota | |
Leaning Juniper | 201 | Oregon | |
Lone Star Wind Farm Lone Star Wind Farm The Lone Star Wind Farm in Shackelford and Callahan Counties in Texas was officially opened by Horizon Wind Energy in June 2008, with an installed generating capacity of 400 MW. The site's 200 Gamesa 2 MW wind turbines produce enough electricity for at least 120,000 homes, with environmental... |
400 | Texas | 32°16′22.12"N 99°27′22"W |
Locust Ridge Wind Farm | 128 | Pennsylvania | 40°42′36"N 76°13′11.9"W |
Lost Creek Ridge Wind Farm | 149 | Missouri | |
Maple Ridge Wind Farm Maple Ridge Wind Farm Maple Ridge Wind Farm is the largest wind farm in the state of New York in the United States, with 195 Vestas model V82 1.65 MW wind turbines. Each turbine tower is tall. Each turbine has blades long, which added to the hub diameter gives a rotor diameter of... s I & II |
322 | New York | 43°45′N 75°33′W |
McAdoo Wind Farm | 150 | Texas | |
Meadow Lake Wind Farm Meadow Lake Wind Farm Meadow Lake Wind Farm is a wind farm near Brookston and Chalmers, Indiana, spreading over portions of White, Jasper, and Benton Counties in Indiana, owned and operated by Horizon Wind Energy... I,II,III,IV |
500 | Indiana | 40°36′4"N 86°51′57"W |
Meridan Way | 204 | Kansas | |
Milford Wind Corridor Project Milford Wind Corridor Project The Milford Wind Corridor Project is a 306 megawatt wind farm in Milford, Utah. The project was developed by First Wind. The wind farm has 97 wind turbines, including 58 Clipper Liberty 2.5-MW wind turbines and 39 GE 1.5 MW wind turbines.... , (incl. stage II |
305 | Utah | |
Mount Storm Wind Farm Mount Storm Wind Farm The Mount Storm Wind Farm is located 120 miles west of Washington, D.C. in Grant County, West Virginia. The wind farm includes 132 wind turbines each with a two megawatt capacity along 12 miles of the Allegheny Front... |
264 | West Virginia | 39°13′28"N 79°12′15"W" |
New Mexico Wind Energy Center New Mexico Wind Energy Center The New Mexico Wind Energy Center officially opened on October 1, 2003. Located 170 miles southeast of Albuquerque and 20 miles northeast of Fort Sumner, the wind farm is well suited for eastern New Mexico's windy landscape.... |
204 | New Mexico | |
Nobles Wind Farm | 201 | Minnesota | |
Northeastern Colorado Wind Energy Center | 174.3 | Colorado | |
Panther Creek Wind Farm Panther Creek Wind Farm The Panther Creek Wind Farm in Big Spring, Texas, USA consists of 305 wind turbines and has an installed capacity of 457.5 megawatts, making it one of the ten largest wind farms in the United States. Phases I and II of the wind farm became operational early in 2009, with the completion of the... |
458 | Texas | 31°58′7"N 99°54′6"W |
Paulding Wind Farm | 150 | Ohio | |
Peetz Wind Farm Peetz Wind Farm The Peetz Table Wind Energy Center was constructed in two phases. The first phase of the north-eastern Colorado wind project was completed in 2001 and brought 29.7 megawatts onto the grid. Project owner NextEra Energy Resources then added an additional 400 MW's in 2007, bringing the total capacity... |
400 | Colorado | 40°57′3"N 103°9′19"W" |
Peñascal Wind Farm | 404 | Texas | 27°00′N 97°36′W |
Pioneer Prairie Wind Farm Pioneer Prairie Wind Farm The Pioneer Prairie Wind Farm, which is located in Iowa along the Minnesota state line in Howard and Mitchell counties, has an installed capacity of 300 MW. Energy from wind farm is delivered to homes and businesses in Tennessee Valley Authority's service area in parts of seven southeastern states.... |
293 | Iowa | 43°28′35"N 92°35′8"W" |
Pomeroy Wind Farm (1-4) | 286 | Iowa | |
Prairie Winds Wind Farm | 151 | South Dakota | |
Pyron Wind Farm | 249 | Texas | |
Roscoe Wind Farm Roscoe Wind Farm The Roscoe Wind Farm in Roscoe, Texas, owned and operated by E.ON Climate & Renewables is the world's largest capacity wind farm with 627 wind turbines and a total installed capacity of 781.5 MW, which surpasses the nearby 735.5 MW Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center.Roscoe was constructed in four phases... |
781 | Texas | 32°15′52"N 100°20′39"W |
San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm The San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm is a wind farm located on the eastern slope of the San Gorgonio Pass in Riverside County, just east of White Water, California, United States. Developed beginning in the 1980s, it is one of three major wind farms in California, along with those at Altamont and the... |
619 | California | 33°54′53.532"N 116°35′18.348"W |
Sherbino Wind Farm Sherbino Wind Farm The Sherbino Wind Farm is located in Pecos County in west Texas. The first 150 megawatts of the project, which has a potential capacity of 750 MW, is in operation. Phase I utilizes 50 Vestas V-90 wind turbine generators, each with a rated capacity of 3 MW... |
150 of 750 | Texas | 30°48′39.6"N 102°21′43.2"W |
Shiloh Wind Farm | 300 | California | 38°7′N 121°50.5′W |
Smoky Hills Wind Farm Smoky Hills Wind Farm The Smoky Hills Wind Farm is a 100.8 megawatt wind farm in Lincoln and Ellsworth Counties, 140 miles west of Topeka in Kansas, north of Ellsworth. The farm is operated by Enel Green Power. Highway K-14 and Interstate 70 pass through parts of the wind farm, with clear views of many of the wind... |
251 | Kansas | 38°58′20"N 98°09′01"W |
Stateline Wind Project Stateline Wind Project The Stateline Wind Farm is a wind farm located on Vansycle Ridge, which receives 16 to 18 mph average wind speeds from the Columbia Gorge, on the border between Washington and Oregon in the United States... |
300 | Oregon | 46°02′13.98"N 118°48′23.74"W |
Story County Wind Farm Story County Wind Farm The Story County Wind Farm is a 300 megawatt wind energy farm in Iowa, half of which went online in November 2008 and the other half went online in December 2009. It can be seen when driving toward Ames on Highway 30.... |
300 | Iowa | 41°53′28"N 92°58′42"W" |
Streator Cayuga Ridge South Wind Farm Streator Cayuga Ridge South Wind Farm The 300 MW Streator Cayuga Ridge South Wind Farm, located near Streator, Illinois, officially started generating power in March 2010. The developer received a $170 million grant through the U.S. Department of Energy's 1603 grants-in-lieu-of-tax-credits program. About 300 construction jobs were... |
300 | Illinois | 40°57′20"N 88°28′54"W" |
Sweetwater Wind Farm Sweetwater Wind Farm Sweetwater Wind Farm is one of the largest wind farms in Texas. Construction of the 585 MW wind farm has proceeded in five stages, and some generating capacity is still being built.... |
585 | Texas | 32°20′20"N 100°26′40"W |
Tatanka Wind Farm Tatanka Wind Farm The 180 MW Tatanka Wind Farm, is located in Dickey County and McIntosh County, North Dakota, and McPherson County, South Dakota. It is the largest wind farm in North and South Dakota and generates enough renewable energy to power more than 60,000 U.S. homes.... |
180 | North and South Dakota | |
Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm Wind development in the Tehachapi Pass began in the early 1980s. The area hosts a multitude of wind farms, comprising one of California's largest wind resource areas. The pass is undergoing much repowering activity... |
690 | California | 35°06′08"N 118°16′58"W |
Top of the World | 200 | Wyoming | |
Trent Wind Farm Trent Wind Farm The Trent Wind Farm, also known as the Trent Mesa Wind Project, is a 150 megawatt wind power station located between Abilene and Sweetwater in West Texas. The wind farm consists of 100 GE wind turbines each rated at 1.5 megawatts... |
150 | Texas | 32°25′19"N 100°12′44"W |
Turkey Track Wind Farm | 169 | Texas | |
Twin Groves Wind Farm Twin Groves Wind Farm Twin Groves Wind Farm is a wind farm in the U.S. state of Illinois near the villages Arrowsmith, Saybrook, and Ellsworth in McLean County. It consists of 240 operating wind turbines. Each wind turbine stands 270 ft tall and has three 85 ft long blades. The wind farm was constructed from... s I & II |
396 | Illinois | 40°28′54"N 88°42′26"W" |
Walnut Wind Farm Walnut Wind Farm The 153 megawatt capacity Walnut Wind Farm is located in Pottawattamie County, Iowa. The project, owned by MidAmerican, represents the fifth wind farm built for the group for a total of 595 MW.... |
153 | Iowa | 41°29′N 95°15′W |
Weatherford Wind Farm | 147 | Oklahoma | |
Wethersfield Wind Park Wind power in New York Wind power in New York includes facilities at Maple Ridge Wind Farm, the largest wind farm in the state of New York, with 195 Vestas model V82 1.65 megawatt wind turbines. Collectively, the turbines have a rated or nameplate capacity of 320 MW... |
124 | New York | |
Whispering Willow Wind Farm | 200 | Iowa | 42°44′06"N 93°20′17"W |
Windy Point/Windy Flats Windy Point/Windy Flats The Windy Point/Windy Flats project is one of the largest wind farms in Goldendale, Washington, the United States. The wind farm spans along the Columbia River ridgeline offering upon completion a capacity of 500 megawatts .... |
400 | Washington | 45°44′31"N 120°43′32"W" |
White Creek Wind Power Project | 204 | Washington | |
Wild Horse Wind Farm Wild Horse Wind Farm The Wild Horse Wind Farm is a 229-megawatt wind farm that generates energy for Puget Sound Energy that consists of one hundred twenty-seven 1.8-megawatt Vestas V80 turbines on a site in Kittitas County, Washington, east of Ellensburg, Washington.... |
229 | Washington | 47°01′07"N 120°12′58"W |
Wildorado Wind Ranch Wildorado Wind Ranch The Wildorado Wind Ranch is located on approximately west of Amarillo, Texas and consists of 161 MW of wind turbines . These turbines have the capacity to meet the electricity demand of more than 50,000 households... |
160 | Texas | 35°18′25"N 102°19′12"W |
Woodward Wind Farm | 159 | Oklahoma | |
Wyoming Wind Energy Center | 144 | Wyoming |
Under construction
Farm | Capacity (MW) | State | Coordinates |
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Alta Wind Energy Center Alta Wind Energy Center The Alta Wind Energy Center is a wind farm located in Tehachapi Pass of the Tehachapi Mountains, in Kern County, California. As of 2011, it is the largest wind farm in California, with a combined installed capacity of 720 MW. The project, which is being developed near Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm... |
1,550 | California | 35°1′16"N 118°19′14"W |
Shepherds Flat Wind Farm Shepherds Flat Wind Farm The Shepherds Flat Wind Farm is an 845 megawatt wind farm under construction in Oregon, United States. The project is located in Eastern Oregon in both Morrow and Gilliam counties, near Arlington. Approved in 2008 by state regulators, groundbreaking came in 2009... |
845 | Oregon | 45°42′N 120°04′W |
Proposed
Farm | Capacity (MW) | State | Coordinates |
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Banner County Wind Farm Banner County Wind Farm The Banner County Wind Farm is a proposal by the Chicago based Midwest Wind Energy company to construct a $60 million wind farm in Banner County, Nebraska. The 60,000 to 100,000 acre wind farm will have 600 to 800 turbines and a peak capacity of 2,000 megawatts... |
2,000 | Nebraska | 41°32′N 103°43′W |
Buzzards Bay Wind Farm (offshore) | 300 | Massachusetts | |
Caney River Wind Project | 150 | Kansas | |
Cape Wind Cape Wind The Cape Wind Project is an approved offshore wind farm, on Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound off Cape Cod in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, proposed by a private developer, Cape Wind Associates, the brainchild of Jim Gordon and a Limited Liability Company set up as a joint business venture... (offshore) |
420 | Massachusetts | 41°32′31"N 70°19′16"W |
Cheyenne Ridge Wind Project | 300-600 | Colorado | |
Chisholm View Wind Project | 300 | Oklahoma | |
Delaware Offshore Wind Project Delaware Offshore Wind Project The Delaware Offshore Wind Farm is a proposed offshore wind farm project, to be situated off the Delaware coast. It is one of many major off-shore wind farms that have been proposed on the East Coast of the United States... |
600 | Delaware | 38°42′N 74°47′W |
English Farms Wind Project | 250 | Iowa | |
Garden State Offshore Energy Wind Park | 350 | New Jersey | |
Golden Hills Wind Project Golden Hills Wind Project Golden Hills Wind Project is a proposed electricity generating wind farm facility in Sherman County, Oregon. It is being constructed by BP Alternative Energy. When completed, it will generate a peak of 400 megawatts, with an average of 133 MW of wind power across using up to 267 wind... |
400 | Oregon | 45°35′21"N 120°44′12"W |
Hartland Wind Farm Hartland Wind Farm The , named after Hartland, North Dakota, is a proposed wind farm which is expected to produce 500 megawatts of power, using 333 wind turbines, in North Dakota. A second 500 MW phase is also being considered... |
500-1,000 | North Dakota | 48°33′04"N 101°46′19"W |
Interisland Wind | 400 | Hawaii | |
Long Creek Wind Project | 300 | Iowa | |
Long Island Offshore Wind Park | 144 | New York | |
NorthStar Wind | 200 | Iowa | |
Red Rock Wind Farm | 300 | Iowa | |
Rim Rock Wind Farm Wind power in Montana Wind power in Montana is a growing industry. At a nameplate capacity of 210 megawatts , the $500 million Glacier Wind Farm, which is located in Toole and Glacier counties, became Montana's largest in October 2009, surpassing the 135 MW Judith Gap Wind Farm in Wheatland County.Rim Rock Wind Farm is... |
309 | Montana | |
Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project | 200 | Nebraska | |
Rock Creek Wind Project | 300-400 | Missouri | |
Rocky Ridge Wind Project | 150 | Oklahoma | |
Star Mountain Wind Project | 150 | Arkansas | |
Shuteye Creek Wind Project | 300 | Missouri | |
Titan Wind Project Titan Wind Project The Titan Wind Project is a proposed 5,050 MW wind farm project, formerly known as Rolling Thunder, based in South Dakota. The project developers, Clipper Windpower and BP Alternative Energy, expect to build Titan in several phases and, when completed, it will be one of the largest wind farms in... |
5,050 | South Dakota | 44°30′58"N 99°12′6"W |
White Cloud Wind Project | 300 | Missouri | |
Wildcat I Wind Farm | 200 | Indiana |
See also
- Wind power in the United StatesWind power in the United StatesAs of the third quarter of 2011, the cumulative installed capacity of wind power in the United States was 43,461 megawatts , making it second in the world, behind China. In 2010 wind power accounted for 2.3% of the electricity generated in the United States...
- List of power stations in the United States
- List of wind turbine manufacturers
- List of renewable energy topics by country
- Renewable energy industry
- Renewable Portfolio Standards
- Wind ENergy Data & Information (WENDI) GatewayWind ENergy Data & Information (WENDI) GatewayThe Wind ENergy Data & Information Gateway was launched by the Environmental Sciences Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory in March 2010 to support the United States Department of Energy's Wind & Hydropower Technologies Program...