List of wind farms in the United States

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List of wind farms in the United States

This is a list of large wind farms in the United States. Many of the wind farms in the United States are located in the Great Plains.

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North Dakota and Wyoming lead per capita generation of electricity from wind.

Onshore wind farms

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Listed are wind farms with a generating capacity of at least 150 megawatts (MW) or any of the three largest farms in its state with a generating capacity of at least 120 MW.

Part of the Biglow Canyon Wind Farm, with a turbine under construction
Fenton Wind Farm at sunrise
Shiloh Wind Power Plant. The surrounding land is used for sheep grazing and growing hay.
The Smoky Hills Wind Farm in Kansas
Brazos Wind Ranch in Texas
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Farm State Coordinates Installed
capacity
(MW)
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Adair Wind Farm  Iowa 41°28′N 94°38′W 174
Alta Wind Energy Center I-XI  California 35°1′N 118°19′W 1548 [1][2][3][4][5]
Altamont Pass Wind Farm  California 37°44′N 121°39′W 576
Amazon Wind Farm  Texas 32°44′N 100°44′W 253
Arbor Hill Wind Farm  Iowa 41°21′N 94°29′W 250 [6]
Armadillo Flats Wind Farm  Oklahoma 36°22′N 97°49′W 247 [6]
Ashtabula Wind Farm  North Dakota 46°39′N 98°0′W 196
Balko Wind  Oklahoma 36°31′N 100°54′W 300 [7]
Bearkat Wind Farm  Texas 31°44′N 101°35′W 197 [8]
Beaver Creek Wind Farm I & II  Iowa 42°02′N 94°02′W 340 [9]
Bent Tree Wind Farm  Minnesota 43°47′N 93°25′W 201 [10]
Bethel Wind Farm  Texas 34°34′N 102°28′W 276 [11]
Big Horn Wind Farm  Washington 45°45′N 120°48′W 200
Big Sky Wind Farm  Illinois 41°34′N 89°26′W 240 [1][12]
Biglow Canyon Wind Farm  Oregon 45°38′N 120°36′W 450
Bingham Wind Farm  Maine 45°06′N 69°46′W 184 [13]
Bishop Hill 1  Illinois 41°13′N 90°7′W 200 [14]
Bison Wind Energy Center  North Dakota 46°59′N 101°33′W 497 [15]
Blackstone Wind Farm II  Illinois 40°56′N 88°38′W 200 [16]
Blue Canyon Wind Farm  Oklahoma 34°51′N 98°34′W 423 [17][18]
Blue Creek Wind Farm  Ohio 41°00′N 84°35′W 302
Blue Sky Green Field Wind Farm  Wisconsin 43°51′N 88°15′W 145
Bluestem Wind Farm  Oklahoma 36°33′N 100°35′W 198 [13]
Brady Wind Energy Center (I & II)  North Dakota 46°00′N 102°39′W 299 [13]
Breunnings Breeze  Texas 26°28′N 97°50′W 228 [11]
Broadview Energy Wind  New Mexico 34°34′N 103°16′W 324 [19]
Buena Vista (Storm Lake)  Iowa 42°44′N 95°18′W 193
Buckeye Wind Energy Center  Kansas 39°03′N 97°10′W 206 [7]
Buffalo Gap Wind Farm  Texas 32°19′N 100°9′W 523
Buffalo Ridge Wind Farm  Minnesota 44°22′N 96°21′W 225
Buffalo Ridge II  South Dakota 44°39′N 96°38′W 210 [20]
Bull Creek Wind Farm  Texas 32°56′N 101°35′W 180
Canadian Hills Wind Farm  Oklahoma 35°41′N 98°09′W 299 [21]
Caney River Wind Project  Kansas 37°17′N 96°27′W 201 [22][23]
Capital Bloom Wind Farm  Kansas 37°29′N 99°55′W 178 [11]
Capricorn Ridge Wind Farm  Texas 31°54′N 100°54′W 662
California Ridge Wind Farm  Illinois 40°11′N 87°53′W 217 [24]
Camp Springs Energy Center  Texas 32°44′N 100°48′W 250
Cedar Bluff Wind Farm  Kansas 38°29′N 99°59′W 199 [21]
Cedar Creek Wind Farm  Colorado 40°52′N 104°6′W 550 [1]
Cedar Point Wind Farm  Colorado 39°25′N 103°41′W 252 [1]
Century Wind Farm  Iowa 42°30′N 93°38′W 200
Chapman Ranch Wind Farm  Texas 27°37′N 97°32′W 236 [11]
Cheyenne Ridge Wind Farm  Colorado 38°59′N 102°20′W 498 [25][26]
Chisholm View Wind I & II  Oklahoma 36°34′N 97°46′W 300 [21]
Cimarron Bend Wind Farm  Kansas 37°21′N 99°59′W 400 [13][19]
Clear Creek Energy Center  Missouri 40°22′N 94°54′W 236 [27]
Clines Corner Wind Farm  New Mexico 34°21′N 105°26′W 325 [28]
Colbeck's Corner Wind Farm  Texas 35°15′N 101°11′W 200 [29]
Courtenay Wind farm  North Dakota 47°11′N 98°36′W 200 [13]
Crescent Wind  Michigan 42°01′N 84°31′W 166 [30]
Crossroads Wind Farm  Oklahoma 36°02′N 98°30′W 227 [31]
Crow Lake Wind Farm  South Dakota 43°46′N 99°00′W 162 [32]
Crystal Lake Wind Farm  Iowa 43°14′N 93°50′W 416
Deerfield Wind Farm  Michigan 43°57′N 82°54′W 149 [19]
Desert Wind Farm  North Carolina 36°19′N 76°25′W 208 [33]
Diamond Vista Wind Farm  Kansas 38°49′N 97°36′W 299 [34]
Dry Lake Wind Farm I & II  Arizona 34°38′N 110°13′W 128
Dutch Hill/Cohocton Wind Farm  New York 42°33′N 77°29′W 125
Eclipse Wind Project  Iowa 41°41′N 94°45′W 200 [35]
El Cabo Wind Farm  New Mexico 34°36′N 106°02′W 298 [36]
Electra Wind Farm  Texas 34°09′N 99°30′W 230 [13]
Elm Creek (I & II)  Minnesota 43°44′N 94°46′W 249 [20][37]
Fenton Wind Farm  Minnesota 43°53′N 95°54′W 206
Flat Ridge Wind Farm  Kansas 37°13′N 98°15′W 570
Flat Top Wind  Texas 31°41′N 98°31′W 200 [6]
Forward Wind Energy Center  Wisconsin 43°37′N 88°29′W 138
Fowler Ridge Wind Farm  Indiana 40°36′N 87°19′W 600
Frontier Wind Farm  Oklahoma 36°48′N 97°15′W 200 [33]
Glacier Hills Wind Farm  Wisconsin 43°35′N 89°07′W 162
Glacier Wind Farm  Montana 48°33′N 111°55′W 210
Golden West Wind Farm  Colorado 38°56′N 104°13′W 249 [21]
Goodwell Wind Farm  Oklahoma 36°50′N 101°26′W 200 [21]
Goshen Wind Farm II  Idaho 43°16′N 112°02′W 125 [16]
Gratiot County Wind Project (DTE)  Michigan 43°23′N 84°27′W 213
Grandview  Texas 35°21′N 101°23′W 211 [38]
Grande Prairie Wind Farm  Nebraska 42°36′N 98°26′W 400 [39]
Grand Ridge Wind Farm  Illinois 41°00′N 88°24′W 210
Great Western Wind Farm  Oklahoma 36°10′N 99°36′W 225 [33]
Green Pastures Wind Farm  Texas 33°38′N 99°25′W 300 [40]
Gulf Wind Farm  Texas 27°05′N 97°35′W 283
Haystack Wind Farm  Nebraska 298 [41]
Headwaters Wind Farm  Indiana 40°04′N 85°01′W 200 [38][42]
Helena Energy Center  Texas 268 [43]
Hereford 1  Texas 34°49′N 102°25′W 200 [38]
High Prairie Renewable Energy Center  Missouri 40°25′N 92°31′W 400 [44]
Highland Wind Energy Center  Iowa 43°05′N 95°34′W 502 [21]
Hidalgo Wind Farm  Texas 26°28′N 98°25′W 250 [33]
HillTopper Wind Farm  Illinois 39°57′N 89°18′W 185 [34]
Horse Creek Wind Farm  Texas 33°10′N 99°45′W 230 [13]
Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center  Texas 32°11′N 100°02′W 736
Ida Grove Wind Farm  Iowa 42°16′N 95°28′W 301 [45]
Javelina Wind Energy Center  Texas 27°49′N 99°27′W 749 [46]
Judith Gap Wind Farm  Montana 46°34′N 109°45′W 135
Jumbo Road Wind Farm  Texas 34°49′N 102°24′W 300 [47]
Kay Wind Farm  Oklahoma 36°59′N 97°08′W 300 [21]
Kelly Creek Wind Farm  Illinois 40°58′N 88°12′W 184 [33]
Kingfisher Wind Farm  Oklahoma 35°40′N 97°52′W 298 [21]
Kingman Wind Energy (I & II)  Kansas 37°33′N 98°10′W 204 [33]
Keenan I & II  Oklahoma 36°25′N 99°25′W 253 [20]
Kibby Wind Power Project  Maine 45°25′N 70°33′W 132
King Mountain Wind Farm  Texas 31°14′N 102°14′W 281
Klondike Wind Farm  Oregon 45°35′N 120°36′W 400
Lakefield Wind Farm(phase 1&2)  Minnesota 43°42′N 95°09′W 206 [48]
Leaning Juniper Wind Project  Oregon 45°36′N 120°07′W 201 [1]
Lee-Dekalb Wind Energy Center  Illinois 41°43′N 89°02′W 217
Lincoln Land Wind  Illinois 302 [49]
Limon Wind Energy Center  Colorado 39°23′N 103°34′W 601 [38]
Live Oak  Texas 30°54′N 100°37′W 200 [34]
Locust Ridge Wind Farm  Pennsylvania 40°42′N 76°13′W 128
Logans Gap Wind Farm  Texas 31°49′N 98°41′W 200 [7]
Lone Star Wind Farm  Texas 32°16′N 99°27′W 400
Los Vientos Wind Farm  Texas 26°22′N 98°49′W 900 [50]
Lower Snake River Wind Project  Washington 46°32′N 117°36′W 343 [51][52]
Lundgren Wind Farm  Iowa 42°17′N 93°52′W 250 [53]
Luverne Wind Farm  North Dakota 47°25′N 98°6′W 170 [54]
Magic Valley Wind Farm  Texas 26°25′N 97°34′W 201 [21]
Mammoth Plains  Oklahoma 36°20′N 99°29′W 199 [38]
Maple Ridge Wind Farms I & II  New York 43°45′N 75°33′W 322
Marble River Wind Farm  New York 44°58′N 73°55′W 215 [21]
Mariah North Wind Farm  Texas 34°32′N 102°55′W 230 [13]
Meadow Lake Wind Farm  Indiana 40°36′N 86°52′W 801 [55]
Mehoopany Wind Farm  Pennsylvania 41°25′N 76°03′W 141 [56]
Meridian Midland wind farm  Michigan 225 [57]
Meridan Way Wind Farm  Kansas 39°25′N 97°42′W 204 [58]
Mesquite Creek Wind  Texas 32°42′N 101°44′W 211 [47]
Miami Wind Energy Center  Texas 35°40′N 100°34′W 289 [38]
Milford Wind Corridor Project  Utah 38°33′N 112°56′W 306 [1]
Minco I, II & III Wind Energy Centers  Oklahoma 35°17′N 98°5′W 200 [59]
Minonk  Illinois 40°52′N 88°57′W 200
Mount Storm Wind Farm  West Virginia 39°14′N 79°12′W 264
New Mexico Wind Energy Center  New Mexico 34°35′N 104°2′W 204
Ninnescah Wind Farm  Kansas 37°35′N 98°35′W 200 [33]
Nobles Wind Farm  Minnesota 43°39′N 95°48′W 201
North English Wind Farm  Iowa 41°41′N 92°32′W 200 [6]
Northern Colorado Wind Energy Center  Colorado 40°59′N 103°9′W 174 [60]
Oakfield Wind Farm  Maine 46°03′N 68°09′W 148 [21]
O'Brien Wind Farm  Iowa 43°12′N 95°38′W 250 [45]
Odell Wind Farm  Minnesota 43°51′N 94°56′W 200 [61]
Osborn Wind Energy Center  Missouri 39°45′N 94°28′W 200 [33]
Palo Duro Wind Facility  Texas 36°29′N 101°21′W 250 [38]
Panhandle Wind Farm (I & II)  Texas 35°26′N 101°15′W 399 [38]
Panther Creek Wind Farm  Texas 31°58′N 99°54′W 458
Papalote Creek Wind Farm  Texas 27°59′N 97°23′W 380 [16]
Peetz Table Wind Energy Center  Colorado 40°57′N 103°9′W 430
Peñascal Wind Farm  Texas 27°07′N 97°32′W 605
Persimmon Creek 1  Oklahoma 36°11′N 99°25′W 199 [6]
Pilot Hill Wind Farm  Illinois 41°00′N 88°03′W 175 [7]
Pioneer Prairie Wind Farm  Iowa 43°28′N 92°35′W 293
Pleasant Valley Wind Farm  Minnesota 43°49′N 92°46′W 201 [7]
Plum Creek Wind  Nebraska 230 [62]
Polaris Wind Park  Michigan 43°18′N 84°29′W 168 [63]
Pomeroy Wind Farm (1-4)  Iowa 42°35′N 94°43′W 286 [64][65]
Post Rock  Kansas 38°50′N 98°27′W 201 [14]
Prairie Breeze Wind Farm  Nebraska 41°52′N 98°0′W 237 [66][29]
Prairie Queen Wind Farm  Kansas 37°59′N 95°13′W 199 [67]
Prairie Rose  Minnesota 43°42′N 96°10′W 200 [68]
Prairie Winds Wind Farm  South Dakota 48°1′N 101°17′W 151 [1]
Pratt Wind Energy Center  Kansas 37°39′N 98°44′W 220 [6]
Pryor Mountain Wind Farm  Montana 45°08′N 108°41′W 240 [69]
Radford's Run Wind Farm  Illinois 39°42′N 89°01′W 306 [70]
Rattlesnake Creek Wind Farm  Nebraska 42°20′N 96°48′W 318 [34]
Rattlesnake Den Wind Farm  Texas 31°47′N 101°44′W 207 [7]
Red Cloud Wind  New Mexico 34°16′N 105°25′W 350 [28]
Red Dirt Wind Project  Oklahoma 35°54′N 97°45′W 299 [8]
Red Pine Wind  Minnesota 44°26′N 96°18′W 200 [71]
Rim Rock Wind Farm  Montana 48°38′N 111°57′W 189 [72]
Rock Creek Wind Project  Missouri 40°26′N 95°15′W 300 [73]
Rolling Hills Wind Farm  Iowa 41°18′N 94°47′W 444
Roosevelt Wind Farm  New Mexico 33°56′N 103°31′W 250 [21]
Roscoe Wind Project  Texas 32°16′N 100°21′W 781 [74]
Rush Creek Wind Project  Colorado 39°10′N 103°51′W 600 [6]
Rush Springs Wind Energy Ctr.  Oklahoma 34°41′N 97°50′W 249 [13]
Sage Draw Wind  Texas 338 [75]
San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm  California 33°55′N 116°35′W 619
Santa Rita Wind Energy  Texas 31°11′N 101°19′W 300 [11]
Seiling  Oklahoma 36°5′N 98°45′W 299 [38]
Shannon Wind Farm  Texas 33°30′N 98°22′W 204 [21]
Sherbino Wind Farm  Texas 30°49′N 102°22′W 300
Shepherds Flat Wind Farm  Oregon 45°42′N 120°04′W 845
Shiloh Wind Farm  California 38°7′N 121°50′W 300
Smoky Hills Wind Farm  Kansas 38°58′N 98°09′W 251
South Plains Wind Farm I & II  Texas 34°11′N 101°22′W 500 [21]
Spinning Spur Wind Farm  Texas 35°14′N 102°13′W 516 [7]
Spring Valley Wind Farm  Nevada 39°06′N 114°29′W 152 [76]
Stateline Wind Project  Oregon 46°02′N 118°48′W 300
Stella Wind Farm  Texas 26°56′N 97°41′W 201 [6]
Stephens Ranch Wind Farm  Texas 32°56′N 101°39′W 376 [38]
Story County Wind Farm I & II  Iowa 42°4′N 93°19′W 300
Streator Cayuga Ridge South Wind Farm  Illinois 40°57′N 88°29′W 300 [77]
Sweetwater Wind Farm  Texas 32°20′N 100°27′W 585
Sunflower Wind  Kansas Marion County 201 [78]
SunZia Wind and Transmission  New Mexico 34°15′N 105°35′W 3500 [79]
Tahoka Wind Farm  Texas 33°09′N 101°41′W 300 [34][80]
Tatanka Wind Farm  North Dakota
 South Dakota
45°56′N 98°58′W 180
Tecolote Wind  New Mexico 34°22′N 105°26′W 272 [28]
Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm  California 35°06′N 118°17′W 690
Thunder Ranch Wind Farm  Oklahoma 36°32′N 97°27′W 298 [8]
Timber Road II Wind Farm  Ohio 41°08′N 84°39′W 150 [65]
Top Crop Wind Farm  Illinois 41°10′N 88°38′W 300
Top of Iowa  Iowa 43°05′N 93°25′W 190 [81]
Traverse Wind Energy Center  Oklahoma 35°33′N 98°41′W 998 [82]
Trinity Hills  Texas 33°26′N 98°46′W 225
Tucannon River Wind Farm  Washington 46°28′N 117°36′W 267 [38]
Turtle Creek Wind Farm  Iowa 43°22′N 92°47′W 200 [6]
Tuscola Bay  Michigan 43°32′N 83°39′W 120
Twin Groves Wind Farms I & II  Illinois 40°29′N 88°42′W 396
Twin Ridges Wind Farm  Pennsylvania 39°46′N 78°52′W 139 [56]
Upstream Wind Energy Center  Nebraska 42°11′N 97°58′W 202 [6]
Voyager Wind (II, III, IV)  California 35°04′N 118°16′W 193 [6]
Wake Wind Farm  Texas 33°50′N 101°06′W 257 [13]
Walnut Ridge Wind Farm  Illinois 41°30′N 89°35′W 212 [6]
Waverly Wind Farm  Kansas 38°14′N 95°52′W 202 [21]
Western Plains Wind Farm  Kansas 37°51′N 99°41′W 280 [19]
Western Spirit Wind  New Mexico 1050 [83]
Western Trail Wind  Texas 367 [84]
Whispering Willow Wind Farm  Iowa 42°37′N 93°18′W 200
White Creek Wind Power Project  Washington 45°43′N 120°50′W 204
White Hills  Arizona 35°44′N 114°40′W 324 [85]
Wild Horse Wind Farm  Washington 47°01′N 120°13′W 229
Wildcat Wind Farm Phase I  Indiana 40°21′N 85°51′W 200
Willow Springs Wind Farm  Texas 33°21′N 99°39′W 250 [11]
Windy Point/Windy Flats  Washington 45°44′N 120°44′W 400
TB Flats I & II Wind Farm  Wyoming 42°7′46″N 106°7′30″W 301.1 MW [86]
Ekola Flats Wind Farm  Wyoming 41°57′10″N 106°19′26″W 250.9 MW [86]
Roundhouse Wind Farm  Wyoming 41°3′48″N 105°6′24″W 226.56 MW [86]
Top of the World Wind Farm  Wyoming 42°57′6″N 105°46′22″W 200.2 MW [86]
Cedar Springs I & II Wind Farm  Wyoming 43°4′45″N 105°27′2″W 398.28 MW [86]
Rolling Hills Wind Farm  Wyoming 41°41′12″N 97°34′46″W 484.2 MW [86]
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Offshore wind farms

As of 2020, there are two operational offshore wind farms in the United States. Block Island Wind Farm opened in December 2016 in Rhode Island waters.[87][88] Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind opened in 2020.

Planned and under construction wind farms

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FarmStateCoordinatesCapacity (MW) Ref
SunZia Wind  New Mexico 3,500 [89]
Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project Wyoming41°42′N 107°12′W 2,500–3,000 [90]
Lava Ridge Wind Project  Idaho 1,200 [91]
Horse Heaven Wind Farm (2022)  Washington 1,150 [92]
King Pine wind farm  Maine 1,000 [93]
Clearwater wind farm  Montana 750 [94]
High Banks Wind Farm (2023)  Kansas 600 [95]
Young Wind Farm  Texas 500 [96]
Chevelon Butte wind farm  Arizona 477 [97]
Alle-Catt wind farm  New York 340 [98]
Boswell Springs Wind Farm (2023)  Wyoming 331 [99]
Thunderhead Wind Energy  Nebraska 300 [100]
Seven Cowboy wind farm  Oklahoma 300 [101]
Canisteo wind farm  New York 291 [102]
Sapphire Sky wind farm  Illinois 260 [103]
Badger Wind Farm  North Dakota 250 [104]
25 Mile Creek Wind  Oklahoma 250 [105]
Blackjack Creek Wind Farm  Texas 240 [106]
Great Pathfinder wind farm  Iowa 224 [107]
Ledyard Wind Farm  Iowa 207 [108]
Chowan County Wind Farm (2023)  North Carolina 188 [109]
Delta Wind Farm (2023)  Mississippi 184 [110]
Walleye Wind Farm  Minnesota 110 [111]
Bluestone Wind Farm (2023)  New York 112 [112]
Ball Hill Wind Farm (2023)  New York 108 [113]
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