List of wind farms in the United States

This is a list of large wind farms in the United States.

2018 wind farm map

There is currently one operational offshore wind farm in the United States, the 30 MW Block Island Wind Farm. Located southeast of Block Island, Rhode Island, it opened in mid December 2016.[1][2]

Operating wind farms

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
North Dakota and Wyoming lead per capita generation of electricity from wind
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.
FarmStateCoordinatesInstalled
capacity
(MW)
Adair Wind Farm Iowa41°28′N 94°38′W174
Alta Wind Energy Center I-XI[3][4][3][5][6][7] California35°1′N 118°19′W1548
Altamont Pass Wind Farm California37°44′N 121°39′W576
Amazon Wind Farm Texas32°44′N 100°44′W253
Arbor Hill Wind Farm[8] Iowa41°21′N 94°29′W250
Armadillo Flats Wind Farm[8] Oklahoma36°22′N 97°49′W247
Ashtabula Wind Farm North Dakota46°39′N 98°0′W196
Balko Wind[9] Oklahoma36°31′N 100°54′W300
Bearkat Wind Farm[10] Texas31°44′N 101°35′W197
Beaver Creek Wind Farm I & II[11] Iowa42°02′N 94°02′W340
Bent Tree Wind Farm[12] Minnesota43°47′N 93°25′W201
Bethel Wind Farm[13] Texas34°34′N 102°28′W276
Big Horn Wind Farm Washington45°45′N 120°48′W200
Big Sky Wind Farm[3][14] Illinois41°34′N 89°26′W240
Biglow Canyon Wind Farm Oregon45°38′N 120°36′W450
Bingham Wind Farm[15] Maine45°06′N 69°46′W184
Bishop Hill 1[16] Illinois41°13′N 90°7′W200
Bison Wind Energy Center[17] North Dakota46°59′N 101°33′W497
Blackstone Wind Farm II[18] Illinois40°56′N 88°38′W200
Blue Canyon Wind Farm[19][20] Oklahoma34°51′N 98°34′W423
Blue Creek Wind Farm Ohio41°00′N 84°35′W302
Blue Sky Green Field Wind Farm Wisconsin43°51′N 88°15′W145
Bluestem Wind Farm[15] Oklahoma36°33′N 100°35′W198
Brady Wind Energy Center (I & II)[15] North Dakota46°00′N 102°39′W299
Breunnings Breeze[13] Texas26°28′N 97°50′W228
Broadview Energy Wind[21] New Mexico34°34′N 103°16′W324
Buena Vista (Storm Lake) Iowa42°44′N 95°18′W193
Buckeye Wind Energy Center[9] Kansas39°03′N 97°10′W206
Buffalo Gap Wind Farm Texas32°19′N 100°9′W523
Buffalo Ridge Wind Farm Minnesota44°22′N 96°21′W225
Buffalo Ridge II[22] South Dakota44°39′N 96°38′W210
Bull Creek Wind Farm Texas32°56′N 101°35′W180
Canadian Hills Wind Farm[23] Oklahoma35°41′N 98°09′W299
Caney River Wind Project[24][25] Kansas37°17′N 96°27′W201
Capital Bloom Wind Farm[13] Kansas37°29′N 99°55′W178
Capricorn Ridge Wind Farm Texas31°54′N 100°54′W662
California Ridge Wind Farm[26] Illinois40°11′N 87°53′W217
Camp Springs Energy Center Texas32°44′N 100°48′W250
Cedar Bluff Wind Farm[23] Kansas38°29′N 99°59′W199
Cedar Creek Wind Farm[3] Colorado40°52′N 104°6′W550
Cedar Point Wind Farm[3] Colorado39°25′N 103°41′W252
Century Wind Farm Iowa42°30′N 93°38′W200
Chapman Ranch Wind Farm[13] Texas27°37′N 97°32′W236
Chisholm View Wind I & II[23] Oklahoma36°34′N 97°46′W300
Cimarron Bend Wind Farm[15][21] Kansas37°21′N 99°59′W400
Colbeck's Corner Wind Farm[27] Texas35°15′N 101°11′W200
Courtenay Wind farm[15] North Dakota47°11′N 98°36′W200
Crossroads Wind Farm[28] Oklahoma36°02′N 98°30′W227
Crow Lake Wind Farm[29] South Dakota43°46′N 99°00′W162
Crystal Lake Wind Farm Iowa43°14′N 93°50′W416
Deerfield Wind Farm[21] Michigan43°57′N 82°54′W149
Desert Wind Farm[30] North Carolina36°19′N 76°25′W208
Diamond Vista Wind Farm[31] Kansas38°49′N 97°36′W299
Dry Lake Wind Farm I & II Arizona34°38′N 110°13′W128
Dutch Hill/Cohocton Wind Farm New York42°33′N 77°29′W125
Eclipse Wind Project[32] Iowa41°41′N 94°45′W200
El Cabo Wind Farm[33] New Mexico34°36′N 106°02′W298
Electra Wind Farm[15] Texas34°09′N 99°30′W230
Elm Creek (I & II)[22][34] Minnesota43°44′N 94°46′W249
Fenton Wind Farm Minnesota43°53′N 95°54′W206
Flat Ridge Wind Farm Kansas37°13′N 98°15′W570
Flat Top Wind[8] Texas31°41′N 98°31′W200
Forward Wind Energy Center Wisconsin43°37′N 88°29′W138
Fowler Ridge Wind Farm Indiana40°36′N 87°19′W600
Frontier Wind Farm[30] Oklahoma36°48′N 97°15′W200
Glacier Hills Wind Farm Wisconsin43°35′N 89°07′W162
Glacier Wind Farm Montana48°33′N 111°55′W210
Glenrock wind farm (I, II, III)[35] Wyoming42°56′N 105°52′W237
Golden West Wind Farm[23] Colorado38°56′N 104°13′W249
Goodwell Wind Farm[23] Oklahoma36°50′N 101°26′W200
Goshen Wind Farm II[18] Idaho43°16′N 112°02′W125
Gratiot Farms Michigan43°24′N 84°29′W213
Grandview[36] Texas35°21′N 101°23′W211
Grande Prairie Wind Farm[37] Nebraska42°36′N 98°26′W400
Grand Ridge Wind Farm Illinois41°00′N 88°24′W210
Great Western Wind Farm[30] Oklahoma36°10′N 99°36′W225
Green Pastures Wind Farm[38] Texas33°38′N 99°25′W300
Gulf Wind Farm Texas27°05′N 97°35′W283
Headwaters Wind Farm[36][39] Indiana40°04′N 85°01′W200
Hereford 1[36] Texas34°49′N 102°25′W200
Highland Wind Energy Center[23] Iowa43°05′N 95°34′W502
Hidalgo Wind Farm[30] Texas26°28′N 98°25′W250
HillTopper Wind Farm[31] Illinois39°57′N 89°18′W185
Horse Creek Wind Farm[15] Texas33°10′N 99°45′W230
Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center Texas32°11′N 100°02′W736
Ida Grove Wind Farm[40] Iowa42°16′N 95°28′W301
Javelina Wind Energy Center[41] Texas27°49′N 99°27′W749
Judith Gap Wind Farm Montana46°34′N 109°45′W135
Jumbo Road Wind Farm[42] Texas34°49′N 102°24′W300
Kay Wind Farm[23] Oklahoma36°59′N 97°08′W300
Kelly Creek Wind Farm[30] Illinois40°58′N 88°12′W184
Kingfisher Wind Farm[23] Oklahoma35°40′N 97°52′W298
Kingman Wind Energy (I & II)[30] Kansas37°33′N 98°10′W204
Keenan I & II[22] Oklahoma36°25′N 99°25′W253
Kibby Wind Power Project Maine45°25′N 70°33′W132
King Mountain Wind Farm Texas31°14′N 102°14′W281
Klondike Wind Farm Oregon45°35′N 120°36′W400
Lakefield Wind Farm(phase 1&2)[43] Minnesota43°42′N 95°09′W206
Leaning Juniper Wind Project[3] Oregon45°36′N 120°07′W201
Lee-Dekalb Wind Energy Center Illinois41°43′N 89°02′W217
Limon Wind Energy Center[36] Colorado 39°23′N 103°34′W601
Live Oak[31] Texas30°54′N 100°37′W200
Locust Ridge Wind Farm Pennsylvania40°42′N 76°13′W128
Logans Gap Wind Farm[9] Texas31°49′N 98°41′W200
Lone Star Wind Farm Texas32°16′N 99°27′W400
Los Vientos Wind Farm[44] Texas26°22′N 98°49′W900
Lost Creek Ridge Wind Farm Missouri40°03′N 94°30′W149
Lower Snake River Wind Project[45][46] Washington46°32′N 117°36′W343
Lundgren Wind Farm[47] Iowa42°17′N 93°52′W250
Luverne Wind Farm[48] North Dakota47°25′N 98°6′W170
Magic Valley Wind Farm[23] Texas26°25′N 97°34′W201
Mammoth Plains[36] Oklahoma36°20′N 99°29′W199
Maple Ridge Wind Farms I & II New York43°45′N 75°33′W322
Marble River Wind Farm[23] New York44°58′N 73°55′W215
Mariah North Wind Farm[15] Texas34°32′N 102°55′W230
Meadow Lake Wind Farm[49] Indiana40°36′N 86°52′W801
Mehoopany Wind Farm[50] Pennsylvania41°25′N 76°03′W141
Meridan Way Wind Farm[51] Kansas39°25′N 97°42′W204
Mesquite Creek Wind[42] Texas32°42′N 101°44′W211
Miami Wind Energy Center[36] Texas35°40′N 100°34′W289
Milford Wind Corridor Project(I&&II)[3] Utah38°33′N 112°56′W306
Minco I, II & III Wind Energy Centers[52] Oklahoma35°17′N 98°5′W200
Minonk Illinois40°52′N 88°57′W200
Mount Storm Wind Farm West Virginia39°14′N 79°12′W264
New Mexico Wind Energy Center New Mexico34°35′N 104°2′W204
Ninnescah Wind Farm[30] Kansas37°35′N 98°35′W200
Nobles Wind Farm Minnesota43°39′N 95°48′W201
North English Wind Farm[8] Iowa41°41′N 92°32′W200
Northern Colorado Wind Energy Center[53] Colorado40°59′N 103°9′W174
Oakfield Wind Farm[23] Maine46°03′N 68°09′W148
O'Brien Wind Farm[40] Iowa43°12′N 95°38′W250
Odell Wind Farm[54] Minnesota43°51′N 94°56′W200
Osborn Wind Energy Center[30] Missouri39°45′N 94°28′W200
Palo Duro Wind Facility[36] Texas36°29′N 101°21′W250
Panhandle Wind Farm (I & II)[36] Texas35°26′N 101°15′W399
Panther Creek Wind Farm Texas31°58′N 99°54′W458
Papalote Creek Wind Farm[18] Texas27°59′N 97°23′W380
Peetz Table Wind Energy Center Colorado40°57′N 103°9′W430
Peñascal Wind Farm Texas27°07′N 97°32′W605
Persimmon Creek 1[8] Oklahoma36°11′N 99°25′W199
Pilot Hill Wind Farm[9] Illinois41°00′N 88°03′W175
Pioneer Prairie Wind Farm Iowa43°28′N 92°35′W293
Pleasant Valley Wind Farm[9] Minnesota43°49′N 92°46′W201
Pomeroy Wind Farm (1-4)[55][56] Iowa42°35′N 94°43′W286
Post Rock [16] Kansas38°50′N 98°27′W201
Prairie Breeze Wind Farm[57][27] Nebraska41°52′N 98°0′W237
Prairie Rose[58] Minnesota43°42′N 96°10′W200
Prairie Winds Wind Farm[3] South Dakota48°1′N 101°17′W151
Pratt Wind Energy Center[8] Kansas37°39′N 98°44′W220
Radford's Run Wind Farm[59] Illinois39°42′N 89°01′W306
Rattlesnake Creek Wind Farm[31] Nebraska42°20′N 96°48′W318
Rattlesnake Den Wind Farm[9] Texas31°47′N 101°44′W207
Red Dirt Wind Project[10] Oklahoma35°54′N 97°45′W299
Red Pine Wind[60] Minnesota44°26′N 96°18′W200
Rim Rock Wind Farm[61] Montana48°38′N 111°57′W189
Rock Creek Wind Project[62] Missouri40°26′N 95°15′W300
Rolling Hills Wind Farm Iowa41°18′N 94°47′W444
Roosevelt Wind Farm[23] New Mexico33°56′N 103°31′W250
Roscoe Wind Project[63] Texas32°16′N 100°21′W781
Rush Creek Wind Project[8] Colorado39°10′N 103°51′W600
Rush Springs Wind Energy Ctr.[15] Oklahoma34°41′N 97°50′W249
San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm California33°55′N 116°35′W619
Santa Rita Wind Energy[13] Texas31°11′N 101°19′W300
Seiling [36] Oklahoma36°5′N 98°45′W299
Shannon Wind Farm[23] Texas33°30′N 98°22′W204
Sherbino Wind Farm Texas30°49′N 102°22′W300
Shepherds Flat Wind Farm Oregon45°42′N 120°04′W845
Shiloh Wind Farm California38°7′N 121°50′W300
Smoky Hills Wind Farm Kansas38°58′N 98°09′W251
South Plains Wind Farm I & II[23] Texas34°11′N 101°22′W500
Spinning Spur Wind Farm[9] Texas35°14′N 102°13′W516
Spring Valley Wind Farm[64] Nevada39°06′N 114°29′W152
Stateline Wind Project Oregon46°02′N 118°48′W300
Stella Wind Farm[8] Texas26°56′N 97°41′W201
Stephens Ranch Wind Farm[36] Texas32°56′N 101°39′W376
Story County Wind Farm I & II Iowa42°4′N 93°19′W300
Streator Cayuga Ridge South Wind Farm[65] Illinois40°57′N 88°29′W300
Sweetwater Wind Farm Texas32°20′N 100°27′W585
Tahoka Wind Farm[31] Texas33°09′N 101°41′W300
Tatanka Wind Farm North Dakota
 South Dakota
45°56′N 98°58′W180
Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm California35°06′N 118°17′W690
Thunder Ranch Wind Farm[10] Oklahoma36°32′N 97°27′W298
Timber Road II Wind Farm[56] Ohio41°08′N 84°39′W150
Top Crop Wind Farm Illinois41°10′N 88°38′W300
Top of Iowa [66] Iowa43°05′N 93°25′W190
Top of the World[18] Wyoming42°55′N 105°58′W200
Trinity Hills Texas33°26′N 98°46′W225
Tucannon River Wind Farm[36] Washington46°28′N 117°36′W267
Turtle Creek Wind Farm[8] Iowa43°22′N 92°47′W200
Tuscola Bay Michigan43°32′N 83°39′W120
Twin Groves Wind Farms I & II Illinois40°29′N 88°42′W396
Twin Ridges Wind Farm[50] Pennsylvania39°46′N 78°52′W139
Upstream Wind Energy Center[8] Nebraska42°11′N 97°58′W202
Voyager Wind (II,III,IV)[8] California35°04′N 118°16′W193
Wake Wind Farm[15] Texas33°50′N 101°06′W257
Walnut Ridge Wind Farm[8] Illinois41°30′N 39°35′W212
Waverly Wind Farm[23] Kansas38°14′N 95°52′W202
Western Plains Wind Farm[21] Kansas37°51′N 99°41′W280
Whispering Willow Wind Farm Iowa42°37′N 93°18′W200
White Creek Wind Power Project Washington45°43′N 120°50′W204
Wild Horse Wind Farm Washington47°01′N 120°13′W229
Wildcat Wind Farm Phase I Indiana40°21′N 85°51′W200
Willow Springs Wind Farm[13] Texas33°21′N 99°39′W250
Windy Point/Windy Flats Washington45°44′N 120°44′W400
Wyoming Wind Energy Center Wyoming41°19′N 110°48′W144

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Planned wind farms

FarmStateCoordinatesCapacity (MW)
Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project [68] Wyoming2,500-3,000

See also

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