List of wind farms in the United States

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Brazos Wind Ranch in Texas.

This is a list of large wind farms in the United States, with an installed generating capacity of 160 megawatts (MW) or more or which are one of the three largest wind farms in a state and have a generating capacity of 120 MW or more. The Roscoe Wind Farm (780 MW) in Texas is the world's largest wind farm.[1]

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[edit] Wind farms

[edit] Operating

Part of the Biglow Canyon Wind Farm, with a turbine under construction
Fenton Wind Farm at sunrise
Wyoming and North Dakota 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.
List of operating large wind farms[2]
Farm Installed
capacity
(MW)		 State Coordinates
Adair Wind Farm 174 Iowa 41°28′00″N 94°38′40″W / 41.4666667°N 94.64444°W / 41.4666667; -94.64444 (Adair Wind Farm)
Altamont Pass Wind Farm 606 California 37°43′57″N 121°39′9″W / 37.7325°N 121.6525°W / 37.7325; -121.6525 (Altamont Pass Wind Farm)
Alta -Oak Creek Mojave I, II, III, IV, V[3][4][5] 720 California 35°1′16″N 118°19′14″W / 35.02111°N 118.32056°W / 35.02111; -118.32056 (Alta Wind Energy Center)
Ashtabula Wind Farm 196 North Dakota 46°39′N 98°0′W / 46.65°N 98°W / 46.65; -98 (Ashtabula wind farm)
Barton Wind Farm 160 Iowa 43°22′N 93°18′W / 43.367°N 93.3°W / 43.367; -93.3 (Barton wind farm)
Benton County Wind Farm[6] 130.5 Indiana 40°41′10″N 87°24′32″W / 40.68611°N 87.40889°W / 40.68611; -87.40889 (Benton County Wind Farm)
Bent Tree Wind Farm[7] 201 Minnesota 43°47′05″N 93°25′10″W / 43.78472°N 93.41944°W / 43.78472; -93.41944 (Bent Tree wind farm)
Big Horn Wind Farm 200 Washington
Biglow Canyon Wind Farm 450 Oregon 45°38′15″N 120°36′19″W / 45.6375°N 120.60528°W / 45.6375; -120.60528 (Biglow Canyon Wind Farm)
Big Sky Wind Farm[3][8] 240 Illinois 41°34′30″N 89°26′10″W / 41.575°N 89.43611°W / 41.575; -89.43611 (Big Sky Wind Farm)
Blackstone Wind Farm II[9] 200 Illinois 40°56′N 88°38′W / 40.933°N 88.633°W / 40.933; -88.633 (Blackstone wind farm)
Blue Canyon Wind Farm[10] 225 Oklahoma 34°50′49″N 98°34′01″W / 34.84694°N 98.56694°W / 34.84694; -98.56694 (Blue Canyon Wind Farm)
Blue Creek Wind Farm 302 Ohio 41°00′N 84°35′W / 41°N 84.583°W / 41; -84.583 (Blue Creek Wind Farm)
Blue Sky Green Field Wind Farm 145 Wisconsin 43°51′30″N 88°15′00″W / 43.85833°N 88.25°W / 43.85833; -88.25 (Blue Sky Green Field Wind Farm)
Brazos Wind Ranch 160 Texas 32°57′00″N 101°08′49″W / 32.95°N 101.14694°W / 32.95; -101.14694 (Brazos Wind Ranch)
Buena Vista (Storm Lake) 193 Iowa 42°44′05″N 95°18′05″W / 42.73472°N 95.30139°W / 42.73472; -95.30139 (Storm Lake Wind Farm)
Buffalo Gap Wind Farm 523 Texas 32°18′38″N 100°8′57″W / 32.31056°N 100.14917°W / 32.31056; -100.14917 (Buffalo Gap Wind Farm)
Buffalo Ridge Wind Farm 225 Minnesota 44°22′05″N 96°21′05″W / 44.36806°N 96.35139°W / 44.36806; -96.35139 (Buffalo Ridge Wind Farm)
Buffalo Ridge II[11] 210 South Dakota 44°39′N 96°38′W / 44.65°N 96.633°W / 44.65; -96.633 (Buffalo Ridge II wind farm)
Bull Creek Wind Farm 180 Texas
Caney River Wind Project[12][13] 201 Kansas 37°17′10″N 96°27′10″W / 37.28611°N 96.45278°W / 37.28611; -96.45278 (Caney River Wind Project)
Capricorn Ridge Wind Farm 662 Texas 31°54′11″N 100°54′04″W / 31.90306°N 100.90111°W / 31.90306; -100.90111 (Capricorn Ridge Wind Farm)
Cedar Creek Wind Farm (I & II)[3][14] 550 Colorado 40°52′16″N 104°5′35″W / 40.87111°N 104.09306°W / 40.87111; -104.09306 (Cedar Creek Wind Farm)
Cedar Point Wind Farm[15] 243 Colorado
Century Wind Farm 200 Iowa 42°30′30″N 93°38′30″W / 42.50833°N 93.64167°W / 42.50833; -93.64167 (Century Wind Farm)
Colorado Green Wind Farm 162 Colorado
Crow Lake Wind Farm[16] 162 South Dakota 43°46′N 99°00′W / 43.767°N 99°W / 43.767; -99 (Crow Lake wind farm)
Crystal Lake Wind Farm 416 Iowa 43°13′45″N 93°50′28″W / 43.22917°N 93.84111°W / 43.22917; -93.84111 (Crystal Lake Wind Farm)
Desert Sky Wind Farm 160 Texas 30°54′58″N 102°06′29″W / 30.91611°N 102.10806°W / 30.91611; -102.10806 (Desert Sky Wind Farm)
Dutch Hill/Cohocton Wind Farm 125 New York
EC&R Papalote Creek II[9] 200 Texas
Elm Creek (I & II)[11][17] 249 Minnesota 43°44′30″N 94°46′30″W / 43.74167°N 94.775°W / 43.74167; -94.775 (Elm Creek Wind Farm)
Farmers City Wind Project[18] 146 Missouri
Fenton Wind Farm 206 Minnesota 43°53′5″N 95°54′5″W / 43.88472°N 95.90139°W / 43.88472; -95.90139 (Fenton Wind Farm)
Fowler Ridge Wind Farm 600 Indiana 40°36′31″N 87°19′15″W / 40.60861°N 87.32083°W / 40.60861; -87.32083 (Fowler Ridge Wind Farm)
Glacier Wind Farm 210 Montana 48°33′N 111°55′W / 48.55°N 111.917°W / 48.55; -111.917 (Glacier wind farm)
Glacier Hills Wind Farm 162 Wisconsin 43°35′N 89°07′W / 43.583°N 89.117°W / 43.583; -89.117 (Glacier Hills wind farm)
Glenrock wind farm (I, II, III)[19] 237 Wyoming 42°56′N 105°52′W / 42.933°N 105.867°W / 42.933; -105.867 (Glenrock Wind Farm)
Goshen Wind Farm II[9] 125 Idaho 43°13′30″N 112°06′05″W / 43.225°N 112.10139°W / 43.225; -112.10139 (Goshen Wind Farm)
Grand Ridge 210 Illinois
Green Mt. Energy Wind Farm 160 Texas
Gulf Wind Farm 283 Texas 27°05′16″N 97°35′22″W / 27.08778°N 97.58944°W / 27.08778; -97.58944 (Gulf Wind Farm)
Hackberry Wind Project 165 Texas 32°49′27″N 99°16′42″W / 32.82417°N 99.27833°W / 32.82417; -99.27833 (Hackberry Wind Project)
High Winds Wind Farm 162 California
Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center 736 Texas 32°11′24″N 100°01′48″W / 32.19°N 100.03°W / 32.19; -100.03 (Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center)
Inadale Wind Farm 197 Texas
Intrepid Wind Farm 160 Iowa 42°33′N 95°18′W / 42.55°N 95.3°W / 42.55; -95.3 (Intrepid Wind Farm)
Judith Gap Wind Farm 135 Montana
Juniper Canyon[3] 151 Washington
Keenan II[11] 152 Oklahoma
Kibby Wind Power Project 132 Maine 45°25′07″N 70°32′40″W / 45.41861°N 70.54444°W / 45.41861; -70.54444 (Kibby Wind Power Project)
King Mountain Wind Farm 281 Texas 31°14′16″N 102°14′16″W / 31.23778°N 102.23778°W / 31.23778; -102.23778 (King Mountain Wind Farm)
Klondike Wind Farm 400 Oregon 45°34′48″N 120°36′36″W / 45.58°N 120.61°W / 45.58; -120.61 (Klondike Wind Farm)
Lakefield Wind Farm(phase 1&2)[20] 206 Minnesota 43°42′05″N 95°09′25″W / 43.70139°N 95.15694°W / 43.70139; -95.15694 (Lakefield Wind Farm)
Langdon Wind Energy Center 159 North Dakota
Leaning Juniper[3] 201 Oregon
Lone Star Wind Farm 400 Texas 32°16′22″N 99°27′22″W / 32.27278°N 99.45611°W / 32.27278; -99.45611 (Lone Star Wind Farm)
Locust Ridge Wind Farm 128 Pennsylvania 40°42′36″N 76°13′12″W / 40.71°N 76.22°W / 40.71; -76.22 (Locust Ridge Wind Farm)
Lost Creek Ridge Wind Farm 149 Missouri 40°03′N 94°30′W / 40.05°N 94.5°W / 40.05; -94.5 (Lost Creek Ridge wind farm)
Luverne Wind Farm[21] 169.5 North Dakota 47°25′30″N 98°6′0″W / 47.425°N 98.1°W / 47.425; -98.1 (Luverne Wind farm)
Maple Ridge Wind Farms I & II 322 New York 43°45′N 75°33′W / 43.75°N 75.55°W / 43.75; -75.55 (Maple Ridge Wind Farm)
Meadow Lake Wind Farm I,II,III,IV 500 Indiana 40°36′4″N 86°51′57″W / 40.60111°N 86.86583°W / 40.60111; -86.86583 (Meadow Lake Wind Farm)
Meridan Way[22] 204 Kansas 39°31′N 97°39′W / 39.517°N 97.65°W / 39.517; -97.65 (Meridan Way Wind Farm)
Milford Wind Corridor Project, (I & II)[15] 305 Utah
Mount Storm Wind Farm 264 West Virginia 39°13′28″N 79°12′15″W / 39.22444°N 79.20417°W / 39.22444; -79.20417 (Mount Storm Wind Farm)
New Mexico Wind Energy Center 204 New Mexico 34°32′30″N 104°11′30″W / 34.54167°N 104.19167°W / 34.54167; -104.19167 (New Mexico Wind Energy Center)
Nobles Wind Farm 201 Minnesota 43°39′30″N 95°48′05″W / 43.65833°N 95.80139°W / 43.65833; -95.80139 (Nobles Wind Farm)
Northeastern Colorado Wind Energy Center 174.3 Colorado
Panther Creek Wind Farm 458 Texas 31°58′7″N 99°54′6″W / 31.96861°N 99.90167°W / 31.96861; -99.90167 (Panther Creek Wind Farm)
Paulding Wind Farm[23] 150 Ohio
Peetz Wind Farm 400 Colorado 40°57′3″N 103°9′19″W / 40.95083°N 103.15528°W / 40.95083; -103.15528 (Peetz Wind Farm)
Peñascal Wind Farm 404 Texas 27°00′N 97°36′W / 27°N 97.6°W / 27; -97.6 (Peñascal Wind Farm)
Pioneer Prairie Wind Farm 293 Iowa 43°28′10″N 92°35′8″W / 43.46944°N 92.58556°W / 43.46944; -92.58556 (Pioneer Prairie Wind Farm)
Pomeroy Wind Farm (1-4)[24][23] 286 Iowa 42°35′05″N 94°43′05″W / 42.58472°N 94.71806°W / 42.58472; -94.71806 (Pomeroy(MidAmerican Energy) Wind Farm)
Prairie Winds Wind Farm[3] 151 South Dakota
Pyron Wind Farm 249 Texas
Rolling Hills Wind Farm 444 Iowa 41°18′N 94°47′W / 41.3°N 94.783°W / 41.3; -94.783 (Rolling Hills Wind Farm)
Roscoe Wind Farm 781[25] Texas 32°15′52″N 100°20′39″W / 32.26444°N 100.34417°W / 32.26444; -100.34417 (Roscoe Wind Farm)
San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm 619 California 33°54′53″N 116°35′18″W / 33.91472°N 116.58833°W / 33.91472; -116.58833 (San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm)
Sherbino Wind FarmI&II 300 Texas 30°48′39″N 102°21′43″W / 30.81083°N 102.36194°W / 30.81083; -102.36194 (Sherbino Wind Farm)
Shiloh Wind Farm 300 California 38°7′N 121°50.5′W / 38.117°N 121.8417°W / 38.117; -121.8417 (Shiloh Wind Farm)
Smoky Hills Wind Farm 251 Kansas 38°58′20″N 98°09′01″W / 38.97222°N 98.15028°W / 38.97222; -98.15028 (Smoky Hills Wind Farm)
Stateline Wind Project 300 Oregon 46°02′14″N 118°48′24″W / 46.03722°N 118.80667°W / 46.03722; -118.80667 (Stateline Wind Project)
Story County Wind Farm 300 Iowa 42°4′30″N 93°19′30″W / 42.075°N 93.325°W / 42.075; -93.325 (Story County Wind Farm)
Streator Cayuga Ridge South Wind Farm[26] 300 Illinois 40°57′20″N 88°28′54″W / 40.95556°N 88.48167°W / 40.95556; -88.48167 (Streator Cayuga Ridge South Wind Farm)
Sweetwater Wind Farm 585 Texas 32°20′20″N 100°26′40″W / 32.33889°N 100.44444°W / 32.33889; -100.44444 (Sweetwater Wind Farm)
Tatanka Wind Farm 180 North and South Dakota 45°56′N 98°58′W / 45.933°N 98.967°W / 45.933; -98.967 (Tatanka Wind Farm)
Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm 690 California 35°06′08″N 118°16′58″W / 35.10222°N 118.28278°W / 35.10222; -118.28278 (Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm)
Top of Iowa (I,II,II)[27] 190 Iowa 43°05′05″N 93°25′10″W / 43.08472°N 93.41944°W / 43.08472; -93.41944 (Top of Iowa Wind Farm)
Top of the World[9] 200 Wyoming
Trinity Hills 225 Texas 33°26′N 98°46′W / 33.433°N 98.767°W / 33.433; -98.767 (Trinity Hills Wind Farm)
Turkey Track Wind Farm 169 Texas
Twin Groves Wind Farms I & II 396 Illinois 40°28′54″N 88°42′26″W / 40.48167°N 88.70722°W / 40.48167; -88.70722 (Twin Groves Wind Farm)
Walnut Wind Farm 153 Iowa 41°29′N 95°15′W / 41.483°N 95.25°W / 41.483; -95.25 (Walnut Wind Farm)
Wethersfield Wind Park 124 New York
Whispering Willow Wind Farm 200 Iowa 42°37′06″N 93°18′17″W / 42.61833°N 93.30472°W / 42.61833; -93.30472 (Whispering Willow Wind Farm)
Windy Point/Windy Flats 400 Washington 45°44′31″N 120°43′32″W / 45.74194°N 120.72556°W / 45.74194; -120.72556 (Windy Point Windy Flats)
White Creek Wind Power Project 204 Washington
Wild Horse Wind Farm 229 Washington 47°01′07″N 120°12′58″W / 47.01861°N 120.21611°W / 47.01861; -120.21611 (Wild Horse Wind Farm)
Wildorado Wind Ranch 160 Texas 35°18′25″N 102°19′12″W / 35.30694°N 102.32°W / 35.30694; -102.32 (Wildorado Wind Ranch)
Woodward Wind Farm 159 Oklahoma
Wyoming Wind Energy Center 144 Wyoming

[edit] Under construction

Large wind farms under construction
Farm Capacity (MW) State Coordinates
Shepherds Flat Wind Farm 845 Oregon 45°42′N 120°04′W / 45.7°N 120.067°W / 45.7; -120.067 (Shepherds Flat Wind Farm)

[edit] Proposed

Proposed large wind farms
Farm Capacity (MW) State Coordinates
Banner County Wind Farm 2000 Nebraska 41°32′N 103°43′W / 41.533°N 103.717°W / 41.533; -103.717 (Banner County Wind Farm)
Buzzards Bay Wind Farm (offshore)[28] 300 Massachusetts
Cape Wind (offshore) 420 Massachusetts 41°32′31″N 70°19′16″W / 41.54194°N 70.32111°W / 41.54194; -70.32111 (Cape Wind)
Cheyenne Ridge Wind Project[29] 300-600 Colorado
Chisholm View Wind Project[30] 300 Oklahoma
Dakota Wind[31] 750 South Dakota
Delaware Offshore Wind Project 600 Delaware 38°42′N 74°47′W / 38.7°N 74.783°W / 38.7; -74.783 (Delaware Offshore Wind Project)
English Farms Wind Project[32] 250 Iowa
Garden State Offshore Energy Wind Park[33] 350 New Jersey
Golden Hills Wind Project[34] 400 Oregon 45°35′21″N 120°44′12″W / 45.58917°N 120.73667°W / 45.58917; -120.73667 (Golden Hills Wind Project)
Hartland Wind Farm 500 - 1000 North Dakota 48°33′04″N 101°46′19″W / 48.55111°N 101.77194°W / 48.55111; -101.77194 (Hartland Wind Farm)
Interisland Wind[35] 400 Hawaii
Judith Highlands Energy [31] 500 Montana
Lake Country Wind[31] 350 Minnesota
Long Creek Wind Project[36] 300 Iowa
Long Island Offshore Wind Park[37] 144 New York
NECO Wind [31] 650 Colorado
Northwest Ohio Wind Energy [31] 300 Ohio
Red Rock Wind Farm[38] 300 Iowa
Rim Rock Wind Farm 309 Montana
Rock Creek Wind Project[39] 300-400 Missouri
Shuteye Creek Wind Project[40] 300 Missouri
Titan Wind Project 5050 South Dakota 44°30′58″N 99°12′6″W / 44.51611°N 99.20167°W / 44.51611; -99.20167 (Titan Wind Project)
White Cloud Wind Project[41] 300 Missouri

[edit] See also

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[edit] References

  1. ^ 9 of the World’s Most Amazing Wind Farms
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ a b c d e f Electric Power Monthly May 2011, Energy Information Administration
  4. ^ [2]
  5. ^ Electric Power Monthly June 2011, Energy Information Administration
  6. ^ Benton County Wind Farm
  7. ^ Albert Lea wind farm up and running
  8. ^ [3]
  9. ^ a b c d Electric Power Monthly, Oct. 2010, Energy Information Administration
  10. ^ Electric Power Monthly February 2012, Energy Information Administration
  11. ^ a b c AWEA 4th Quarter 2010 Wind Market Report
  12. ^ "Caney River Wind Project". http://www.tradewindenergy.com/Project.aspx?id=238&ekmensel=15074e5e_28_0_238_5. 
  13. ^ Caney River operational
  14. ^ [4]
  15. ^ a b Electric Power Montly August 2011
  16. ^ Dedication ceremony held for Crow Lake Wind Project
  17. ^ Elm Creek Wind Farm
  18. ^ Kansas Energy Information Network
  19. ^ "Wind power in Wyoming". http://renewableenergydev.com/red/wind-power-in-wyoming/. Retrieved 7 December 2011. 
  20. ^ AWEA 3rd Quarter 2011 Market Report
  21. ^ Luverne Wind Farm Quick Facts
  22. ^ Kansas Energy
  23. ^ a b EIA Electric Power Monthly , October 2011
  24. ^ Pomeroy Wind Farm
  25. ^ E.ON Delivers 335-MW of Wind in Texas
  26. ^ VP 100: Illinois wind farm breathes new life into businesses Energy Empowers, September 23, 2010.
  27. ^ [www.iawind.org/news-events/iowa-wind-farms.pdf Iowa Wind Farms]
  28. ^ Buzzards Bay wind farm proposed
  29. ^ "Cheyenne Ridge Wind Project". http://www.tradewindenergy.com/Project.aspx?id=1572&ekmensel=15074e5e_28_0_1572_6. 
  30. ^ "Chisholm View Wind Project". http://www.tradewindenergy.com/Project.aspx?id=1598&ekmensel=15074e5e_28_0_1598_7. 
  31. ^ a b c d e National Wind projects
  32. ^ "English Farms Wind Project". http://www.tradewindenergy.com/Project.aspx?id=1720&ekmensel=15074e5e_28_0_1720_9. 
  33. ^ Garden State Offshore Energy
  34. ^ Golden Hills Wind
  35. ^ "Renewable Energy Sources". http://www.hawaiisenergyfuture.com/articles/Wind_Energy.html. 
  36. ^ "Long Creek Wind Project". http://www.tradewindenergy.com/Project.aspx?id=1712&ekmensel=15074e5e_28_0_1712_10. 
  37. ^ Long Island Offshore Wind Park
  38. ^ http://www.redrockwind.com/project_overview Red Rock Wind
  39. ^ "Rock Creek Wind Project". http://www.tradewindenergy.com/Project.aspx?id=234&ekmensel=15074e5e_28_0_234_3. 
  40. ^ "Shuteye Creek Wind Project". http://www.tradewindenergy.com/Project.aspx?id=230&ekmensel=15074e5e_28_0_230_4. 
  41. ^ "White Cloud Wind Project". http://www.tradewindenergy.com/Project.aspx?id=1674&ekmensel=15074e5e_28_0_1674_12. 

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