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.

Worldwide installed capacity (1996–2015)[1]

Largest operational onshore wind farms

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 farmCountryState/
province		CoordinatesCurrent
capacity
(MW)		Notes/Refs
Altamont Pass Wind Farm United States California 37°43′57″N 121°39′9″W 576 multiple farms[2]
Alta Wind Energy CenterUnited StatesCalifornia35°1′16″N 118°19′14″W1,548[3][4]
Bayannur Wulanyiligeng Wind FarmChinaInner Mongolia42°00′00″N 108°23′00″E300[5]
Bethel Wind FarmUnited StatesTexas276[6][7]
Biglow Canyon Wind FarmUnited StatesOregon45°38′15″N 120°36′19″W450[8]
Blue Canyon Wind FarmUnited StatesOklahoma34°51′37″N 98°34′57″W423.4[9]
Buffalo Gap Wind FarmUnited StatesTexas32°18′38″N 100°8′57″W523.3[2][10]
Capricorn Ridge Wind FarmUnited StatesTexas31°54′11″N 100°54′04″W662.5[2][10]
Cedar Creek Wind FarmUnited StatesColorado40°52′16″N 104°5′35″W551[11]
Cedar Point Wind FarmUnited StatesColorado39°25′18″N 103°40′41″W252[12]
Cimarron Bend Wind FarmUnited StatesKansas37°21′18″N 99°59′28″W400[13]
Clyde Wind FarmUKSouth Lanarkshire, Scotland55°28′02″N 3°39′16″W522
Crystal Lake Wind FarmUnited StatesIowa43°13′45″N 93°50′28″W416[14]
Dabancheng Wind FarmChinaXinjiang43°35′37″N 87°48′32″E500[15]
Daqing Heping Aobao Wind Wind FarmChinaDaqing288[16]
Eurus Wind FarmMexicoOaxaca16°32′25″N 94°57′14″W250.5[17]
Fântânele-Cogealac Wind FarmRomaniaFântânele & Cogealac44°35′25″N 28°33′55″E600[18]
Flat Ridge Wind FarmUnited StatesKansas37°21′59″N 98°15′40″W570.4[19]
Fowler Ridge Wind FarmUnited StatesIndiana40°36′31″N 87°19′15″W599.8[20]
Fubei Wind FarmChinaLiaoning450[21]
Gansu Wind FarmChinaGansu40°12′N 96°54′E7,965multiple farms [22][23][24][25]
Grande Prairie Wind FarmUnited StatesNebraska42°36′29″N 98°25′42″W400[26]
Gulf Wind FarmUnited StatesTexas27°05′16.02″N 97°35′22.02″W283.2[10]
Hallett Wind FarmAustraliaSouth Australia33°22′04″S 138°43′43″E351[27]
Highland Wind Energy CenterUnited StatesIowa43°05′N 95°34′W501.4[28]
Hopkins Ridge Wind FarmUnited StatesWashington46°24′07″N 117°48′44″W385[29][30]
Hornsdale Wind FarmAustraliaSouth Australia33.058°S 138.544°E / -33.058; 138.544 (Hornsdale)315[31]
Horse Hollow Wind Energy CenterUnited StatesTexas32°11′24″N 100°01′48″W735.5[2][10]
Jaisalmer Wind ParkIndiaRajasthan26°56′27.45″N 70°53′23.21″E1,064multiple farms[32][33]
King Mountain Wind FarmUnited StatesTexas31°14′16″N 102°14′16″W281.2[10]
Klondike Wind FarmUnited StatesOregon45°34′48″N 120°36′36″W399[8]
Lake Bonney Wind FarmAustraliaSouth Australia37°45′36″S 140°24′0″E279[34]
Liaoning Fuxin Wind FarmChinaLiaoning300[35]
Limon Wind Energy CenterUnited StatesColorado39°22′51″N 103°34′23″W601[36]
Lone Star Wind FarmUnited StatesTexas32°16′22.12″N 99°27′22″W400[10]
Longyuan Huitengliang Wind FarmChinaInner Mongolia43°27′01″N 116°09′59″E300[37]
Los Vientos Wind FarmUnited StatesTexas26°19′51″N 97°35′09″W912[38]
Lower Snake River Wind Project United States Washington 343 [39]
Macarthur Wind FarmAustraliaVictoria38°2′24″S 142°11′30″E420[40]
Markbygden Wind FarmSwedenNorrbotten65°25′N 20°40′E814.1[41]
Maple Ridge Wind FarmUnited StatesNew York43°45′N 75°33′W321.8[42]
Meadow Lake Wind FarmUnited StatesIndiana40°36′4″N 86°51′57″W801[43]
Milford Wind Corridor Project United States Utah 306 [44]
Mount Storm Wind FarmUnited StatesWest Virginia39°13′28″N 79°12′15″W264[45]
Muppandal wind farmIndiaTamil Nadu8°15′27.45″N 77°32′23.21″E1,500[46]
Panther Creek Wind FarmUnited StatesTexas31°58′7″N 99°54′6″W458[10]
Papalote Creek Wind FarmUnited StatesTexas27°58′48″N 97°23′28″W380[47]
Peetz Wind FarmUnited StatesColorado40°57′3″N 103°9′19″W430[2]
Peñascal Wind Power ProjectUnited StatesTexas27°00′N 97°36′W404[48]
Pioneer Prairie Wind FarmUnited StatesIowa43°28′35″N 92°35′08″W300.3[14]
Rolling Hills Wind FarmUnited StatesIowa41°18′N 94°47′W443.9[49]
Roscoe Wind FarmUnited StatesTexas32°15′52″N 100°20′39″W781.5[50]
Rush Creek Wind ProjectUnited StatesColorado39°10′20″N 103°50′43″W600[51]
Sapphire Wind Farm[52] Australia New South Wales 29.781°S 151.574°E / -29.781; 151.574 (Sapphire) 270 [53]
San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm United States California 33°54′53.53″N 116°35′18.35″W 615 multiple farms[2]
Shepherds Flat Wind FarmUnited StatesOregon45°42′00″N 120°3′36″W845[54]
Sherbino Wind FarmUnited StatesTexas30°48′26″N 102°21′20″W300[55]
Shiloh Wind FarmUnited StatesCalifornia38°7′N 121°50.5′W300[56][57]
Siping Wind Wind FarmChinaSiping348[16]
Smoky Hills Wind FarmUnited StatesKansas38°58′20″N 98°09′01″W250[58]
Snowtown Wind Farm Australia South Australia 33° 41′ 36″ S, 138° 7′ 51″ E 370 [59]
Stateline Wind FarmUnited StatesOregon & Washington46°02′13.98″N 118°48′23.74″W300[60]
Story County Wind FarmUnited StatesIowa41°53′28″N 92°58′42″W300[61]
Streator Cayuga Ridge South Wind FarmUnited StatesIllinois40°57′20″N 88°28′54″W300[62]
Sweetwater Wind FarmUnited StatesTexas32°20′20″N 100°26′40″W585.3[2]
Tarfaya Wind FarmMoroccoAkhfenir301[63]
Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm United States California 35°06′08″N 118°16′58″W 705 multiple farms[2]
Tongliao Beiqinghe Wind FarmChinaInner Mongolia43°56′30″N 121°09′00″E300[64][65]
Tongyu Wind FarmChinaJilin44°48′46.8″N 123°5′18.3″E300[21]
Twin Groves Wind FarmUnited StatesIllinois40°28′54″N 88°42′26″W396[66]
Whitelee Wind FarmUKEast Renfrewshire, Scotland55°41′14″N 4°13′43″W539[67]
Wulanchabu Hongji Wind FarmChinaInner Mongolia296.5[68]
Windy Point/Windy FlatsUnited StatesWashington45°44′31″N 120°43′32″W400[69]
Xiangyang Wind FarmChinaJilin400.5[21][70]
Zafarana Wind Farm Egypt 29.2003°N 32.5981°E / 29.2003; 32.5981 545 [71]
Zhangdong Wind FarmChina300[21]

Large proposed wind farms

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

Wind farmCountryState/provinceCoordinatesCapacity (MW)References
Asian Renewable Energy Hub Australia Western Australia 20.16°S 121.32°E / -20.16; 121.32 7500 [72]
Aubanel Wind ProjectMexicoBaja California1000[73]
Wind Catcher Energy ConnectionUnited StatesOklahoma2000[74]
Castle Hill Wind FarmNew ZealandNorth Island860[75]
Corona Wind ProjectsUnited StatesNew Mexico34°15′2″N 105°35′44″W2200[76]
Dobrogea Wind FarmRomaniaDobrogea1500[77]
Forest Wind Australia Queensland 25.776°S 152.795°E / -25.776; 152.795 1200 [78][79]
Fosen VindNorwayTrøndelag63°43′0″N 10°15′0″E1000[80]
Golden Plains Wind FarmAustraliaVictoria800Approved by Victorian Government[81]
Hartland Wind FarmUnited StatesNorth Dakota48°33′04″N 101°46′19″W500-1000[82]
Loa Wind FarmChileAntofagasta528[83]
Markbygden Wind FarmSwedenNorrbotten65°25′N 20°40′E4000 at most[84]
Silverton Wind FarmAustraliaNew South Wales31°45.760′S 141°18.403′E1000 at most[85]
Talinay Wind FarmChileCoquimbo1000[86][87]
Titan Wind ProjectUnited StatesSouth Dakota44°30′58″N 99°12′6″W5050 *(stopped at 25)[88]

Maps of all the coordinates in this article

Note that the Google map allows the display of the coordinates listed in the individual sections of the article to be turned on and off (use the expand(+) / contract(-) icons and the checkboxes to control which sections, or individual coordinate flags, are displayed).

See also

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