List of onshore wind farms

This is a list of the largest onshore wind farms that are currently operational, rated by generating capacity. Also listed are onshore wind farms with notability other than size, and largest proposed projects.

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Worldwide installed capacity (1996–2015)^[1]

Largest operational onshore wind farms

Wind farm locations

This is a list of the onshore wind farms that are larger than 250 MW in current nameplate capacity. Many of these wind farms have been built in stages, and construction of a further stage may be continuing at some of these sites.

The Gansu Wind Farm in China is the largest wind farm in the world, with a target capacity of 20,000 MW by 2020.

Part of the Biglow Canyon Wind Farm, with a turbine under construction

The Shepherds Flat Wind Farm is an 845 megawatt (MW) wind farm in the U.S. state of Oregon.

Stateline Wind Farm turbines near the Walla Walla River

Twin Groves Wind Farm from McLean County Route 21

Wind farm	Country	State/ province	Coordinates	Current capacity (MW)	Notes/refs
Alta Wind Energy Center	United States	California	35°1′16″N 118°19′14″W	1,548	[2][3]
Altamont Pass Wind Farm	United States	California	37°43′57″N 121°39′9″W	576	multiple farms[4]
Bayannur Wulanyiligeng Wind Farm	China	Inner Mongolia	42°00′00″N 108°23′00″E	300	[5]
Bethel Wind Farm	United States	Texas		276	[6][7]
Biglow Canyon Wind Farm	United States	Oregon	45°38′15″N 120°36′19″W	450	[8]
Blue Canyon Wind Farm	United States	Oklahoma	34°51′37″N 98°34′57″W	423.4	[9]
Bronco Plains Wind Farm	United States	Colorado		299	[10][11]
Buffalo Gap Wind Farm	United States	Texas	32°18′38″N 100°8′57″W	523.3	[4][12]
Capricorn Ridge Wind Farm	United States	Texas	31°54′11″N 100°54′04″W	551	[13]
Cedar Point Wind Farm	United States	Colorado	39°25′18″N 103°40′41″W	252	[14]
Cheyenne Ridge Wind Farm	United States	Colorado		500	[15][11]
Cimarron Bend Wind Farm	United States	Kansas	37°21′18″N 99°59′28″W	400	[16]
Clyde Wind Farm	UK	South Lanarkshire, Scotland	55°28′02″N 3°39′16″W	522
Coopers Gap Wind Farm	Australia	Queensland		453	[17]
Crystal Lake Wind Farm	United States	Iowa	43°13′45″N 93°50′28″W	416	[18]
Dabancheng Wind Farm	China	Xinjiang	43°35′37″N 87°48′32″E	2,500	[19]
Daqing Heping Aobao Wind Wind Farm	China	Daqing		288	[20]
Dumat al-Jandal	Saudi Arabia	Al Jouf		400	[21]
Eurus Wind Farm	Mexico	Oaxaca	16°32′25″N 94°57′14″W	250.5	[22]
Fântânele-Cogealac Wind Farm	Romania	Constanța	44°35′25″N 28°33′55″E	600	[23]
Flat Ridge Wind Farm	United States	Kansas	37°21′59″N 98°15′40″W	570.4	[24]
Fosen Vind	Norway	Trøndelag	63°43′0″N 10°15′0″E	1,057	Six farms[25][26]
Fowler Ridge Wind Farm	United States	Indiana	40°36′31″N 87°19′15″W	599.8	[27]
Frontier 1 & 2	United States	Oklahoma		550	multiple farms (2)[28]
Fubei Wind Farm	China	Liaoning		450	[29]
Gansu Wind Farm	China	Gansu	40°12′N 96°54′E	10,450	multiple farms [30][31][32][33]
Grande Prairie Wind Farm	United States	Nebraska	42°36′29″N 98°25′42″W	400	[34]
Great Prairie Wind Farm	United States	Texas		1,027	[35]
Gulf Wind Farm	United States	Texas	27°05′16.02″N 97°35′22.02″W	283.2	[12]
Hallett Wind Farm	Australia	South Australia	33°22′04″S 138°43′43″E	351	[36]
Highland Wind Energy Center	United States	Iowa	43°05′N 95°34′W	501.4	[37]
Hopkins Ridge Wind Farm	United States	Washington	46°24′07″N 117°48′44″W	385	[38][39]
Hornsdale Wind Farm	Australia	South Australia	33.058°S 138.544°E / -33.058; 138.544 (Hornsdale)	315	[40]
Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center	United States	Texas	32°11′24″N 100°01′48″W	735.5	[4][12]
Jaisalmer Wind Park	India	Rajasthan	26°56′27.45″N 70°53′23.21″E	1,064	multiple farms[41][42]
King Mountain Wind Farm	United States	Texas	31°14′16″N 102°14′16″W	281.2	[12]
Klondike Wind Farm	United States	Oregon	45°34′48″N 120°36′36″W	399	[8]
Lagoa dos Ventos	Brazil	Piauí		716	[43]
Lake Bonney Wind Farm	Australia	South Australia	37°45′36″S 140°24′0″E	279	[44]
Liaoning Fuxin Wind Farm	China	Liaoning		300	[45]
Bjornbeget Wind	Sweden	Västernorrland		372	[46]
Adamdel wind farm	Romania	Constanta		484	[47]
Reynosa wind farm	Mexico	Tamaulipas		424	[48]
Limon Wind Energy Center	United States	Colorado	39°22′51″N 103°34′23″W	601	[49]
Lone Star Wind Farm	United States	Texas	32°16′22.12″N 99°27′22″W	400	[12]
Longyuan Huitengliang Wind Farm	China	Inner Mongolia	43°27′01″N 116°09′59″E	300	[50]
Los Vientos Wind Farm	United States	Texas	26°19′51″N 97°35′09″W	912	[51]
Lower Snake River Wind Project	United States	Washington		343	[52]
Macarthur Wind Farm	Australia	Victoria	38°2′24″S 142°11′30″E	420	[53]
Markbygden Wind Farm	Sweden	Norrbotten	65°25′N 20°40′E	2,000	[54]
Maple Ridge Wind Farm	United States	New York	43°45′N 75°33′W	321.8	[55]
Meadow Lake Wind Farm	United States	Indiana	40°36′4″N 86°51′57″W	801	[56]
Mesquite Star Wind Farm	United States	Texas		419	[57][11]
Milford Wind Corridor Project	United States	Utah		306	[58]
Mount Storm Wind Farm	United States	West Virginia	39°13′28″N 79°12′15″W	264	[59]
Muppandal wind farm	India	Tamil Nadu	8°15′27.45″N 77°32′23.21″E	1,500	[60]
Palo Alto Wind Farm	United States	Iowa		250	[61][11]
Panther Creek Wind Farm	United States	Texas	31°58′7″N 99°54′6″W	458	[12]
Papalote Creek Wind Farm	United States	Texas	27°58′48″N 97°23′28″W	380	[62]
Peetz Wind Farm	United States	Colorado	40°57′3″N 103°9′19″W	430	[4]
Peñascal Wind Power Project	United States	Texas	27°00′N 97°36′W	605.2	[63]
Pioneer Prairie Wind Farm	United States	Iowa	43°28′35″N 92°35′08″W	300.3	[18]
Rolling Hills Wind Farm	United States	Iowa	41°18′N 94°47′W	443.9	[64]
Roscoe Wind Farm	United States	Texas	32°15′52″N 100°20′39″W	781.5	[65]
Rush Creek Wind Project	United States	Colorado	39°10′20″N 103°50′43″W	600	[66]
Sapphire Wind Farm[67]	Australia	New South Wales	29.781°S 151.574°E / -29.781; 151.574 (Sapphire)	270	[68]
San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm	United States	California	33°54′53.53″N 116°35′18.35″W	615	multiple farms[4]
Shepherds Flat Wind Farm	United States	Oregon	45°42′00″N 120°3′36″W	845	[69]
Sherbino Wind Farm	United States	Texas	30°48′26″N 102°21′20″W	300	[70]
Shiloh Wind Farm	United States	California	38°7′N 121°50.5′W	300	[71][72]
Siping Wind Wind Farm	China	Siping		348	[20]
Smoky Hills Wind Farm	United States	Kansas	38°58′20″N 98°09′01″W	250	[73]
Snowtown Wind Farm	Australia	South Australia	33° 41′ 36″ S, 138° 7′ 51″ E	370	[74]
Stateline Wind Farm	United States	Oregon & Washington	46°02′13.98″N 118°48′23.74″W	300	[75]
Story County Wind Farm	United States	Iowa	41°53′28″N 92°58′42″W	300	[76]
Streator Cayuga Ridge South Wind Farm	United States	Illinois	40°57′20″N 88°28′54″W	300	[77]
Sweetwater Wind Farm	United States	Texas	32°20′20″N 100°26′40″W	585.3	[4]
Tarfaya Wind Farm	Morocco	Akhfenir		301	[78]
Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm	United States	California	35°06′08″N 118°16′58″W	705	multiple farms[4]
Tongliao Beiqinghe Wind Farm	China	Inner Mongolia	43°56′30″N 121°09′00″E	300	[79][80]
Tongyu Wind Farm	China	Jilin	44°48′46.8″N 123°5′18.3″E	300	[29]
Traverse Wind Project	United States	Oklahoma		998	[81]
Triple H Wind Farm	United States	South Dakota		250	[82][11]
Twin Groves Wind Farm	United States	Illinois	40°28′54″N 88°42′26″W	396	[83]
Western Spirit Wind	United States	New Mexico		1,050	[84]
Whitelee Wind Farm	UK	East Renfrewshire, Scotland	55°41′14″N 4°13′43″W	539	[85]
Windy Point/Windy Flats	United States	Washington	45°44′31″N 120°43′32″W	400	[86]
Wulanchabu Hongji Wind Farm	China	Inner Mongolia		296.5	[87]
Xiangyang Wind Farm	China	Jilin		400.5	[29][88]
Xinjiang Hami Wind Farm	China	Xinjiang		11,947	[89][90]
Zafarana Wind Farm	Egypt		29.2003°N 32.5981°E / 29.2003; 32.5981	545	[91]
Zhangdong Wind Farm	China			300	[29]

Large proposed wind farms

Wind farm locations

The following table lists some of the largest proposed onshore wind farms, by nameplate capacity.

Wind farm	Country	State/province	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	References
Asian Renewable Energy Hub	Australia	Western Australia	20.16°S 121.32°E / -20.16; 121.32 (Asian Renewable Energy Hub)	7,500	[92]
Walcha Energy Project	Australia	New South Wales		3,400	[93]
Corona Wind Projects	United States	New Mexico	34°15′2″N 105°35′44″W	2,200	[94]
Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind	United States	Wyoming		1,500	[95]
Forest Wind	Australia	Queensland	25.776°S 152.795°E / -25.776; 152.795 (Forest Wind)	1,200	[96][97]
ACWA Wind Farm	Egypt	Gabal El Zeit		1,100	[98]
Castle Hill Wind Farm	New Zealand	North Island		860	[99]
Golden Plains Wind Farm	Australia	Victoria		800	[100]
Horizonte Wind	Chile	Antofagasta		778	[101]
Monsoon Wind	Laos	Sekong		600	[102]
Haymaker Hybrid	United States	Montana		600	[95]
Rosepetal Wind	India	Rajasthan		585	[103]
Loa Wind Farm	Chile	Antofagasta		528	[104]
Aviator Wind	United States	Texas		525	[95]
Maverick Creek Wind	United States	Texas		524	[95]
Sagamore Wind	United States	New Mexico		522	[95]
Zarasfhan Wind	Uzbekistan	Navoi		500	[105]
Goyder South	Australia	South Australia		412	[106]
Vėjas LT	Lithuania	Kelmė District Municipality		300	[107]
Pagėgiai Wind Farm	Lithuania	Pagėgiai Municipality		248	[107]
Sopi-Tootsi wind farm	Estonia	Pärnu County		225	[108]

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See also

• Renewable energy portal

• List of energy storage power plants
• List of offshore wind farms
• Wind power by country