Fuel type

Wind power plants in the United States

1,346 wind facilities totaling 153.97 GW of nameplate capacity. Texas leads with 42.54 GW across 223 plants.

1,346

Plants nationwide

153.97 GW

Total capacity

114.4 MW

Average plant size

Texas

Top state by capacity

Wind capacity by state

Texas223 · 42.54 GW Iowa123 · 13.01 GW Oklahoma68 · 12.75 GW Kansas49 · 9.11 GW Illinois53 · 7.92 GW California111 · 6.49 GW Colorado34 · 5.38 GW Minnesota123 · 4.96 GW North Dakota40 · 4.53 GW New Mexico29 · 4.43 GW Oregon49 · 4.06 GW Michigan34 · 3.78 GW Wyoming26 · 3.73 GW Indiana19 · 3.64 GW Nebraska33 · 3.52 GW South Dakota25 · 3.46 GW Washington23 · 3.39 GW New York34 · 2.87 GW Missouri14 · 2.45 GW Montana22 · 1.90 GW Pennsylvania27 · 1.56 GW Arizona8 · 1.21 GW Idaho33 · 1.13 GW Ohio23 · 1.11 GW Maine20 · 1.03 GW West Virginia8 · 872 MW Wisconsin12 · 823.4 MW North Carolina2 · 397 MW Utah5 · 392.2 MW Hawaii8 · 254.2 MW New Hampshire5 · 214.1 MW Maryland5 · 190 MW Mississippi1 · 184.5 MW Vermont5 · 151 MW Nevada1 · 150 MW Puerto Rico2 · 127.2 MW Massachusetts20 · 100.4 MW Rhode Island19 · 78 MW Alaska4 · 53.5 MW Virginia1 · 12 MW New Jersey2 · 9 MW Connecticut1 · 5 MW Delaware1 · 2 MW Tennessee1 · 1.8 MW

Largest wind plants

Plant	Fuel	State	Owner	Capacity
Great Prairie Wind	Wind	Texas	Great Prairie Wind LLC	1.03 GW
Traverse Wind Project, LLC	Wind	Oklahoma	Southwestern Electric Power Co	999 MW
Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center	Wind	Texas	FPL Energy Horse Hollow LLC	735.5 MW
Capricorn Ridge Wind LLC	Wind	Texas	Capricorn Ridge Wind LLC	662.5 MW
High Banks Wind	Wind	Kansas	High Banks Wind, LLC	643.4 MW
Rush Creek Wind	Wind	Colorado	Public Service Co of Colorado	600 MW
Fowler Ridge Wind Farm LLC	Wind	Indiana	AE Power Services LLC	588.3 MW
High Lonesome Wind Power, LLC Hybrid	Wind	Texas	High Lonesome Wind Power, LLC	562.8 MW
Aviator Wind	Wind	Texas	Aviator Wind, LLC	525 MW
Sagamore Wind	Wind	New Mexico	Southwestern Public Service Co	522 MW
TB Flats	Wind	Wyoming	PacifiCorp	503.2 MW
Highland Wind Project (IA)	Wind	Iowa	MidAmerican Energy Co	502 MW
Orient Wind Farm	Wind	Iowa	MidAmerican Energy Co	500.8 MW
White Mesa Wind	Wind	Texas	White Mesa Wind, LLC	500.6 MW
Young Wind	Wind	Texas	Young Wind, LLC	500 MW
Cheyenne Ridge Wind Farm	Wind	Colorado	Public Service Co of Colorado	498.4 MW
Maverick Creek Wind	Wind	Texas	Algonquin Power Co	491.6 MW
Rolling Hills Wind Farm	Wind	Iowa	MidAmerican Energy Co	484.2 MW
Hale Community Wind Farm	Wind	Texas	Southwestern Public Service Co	478 MW
Flat Ridge 2 Wind Energy LLC	Wind	Kansas	AE Power Services LLC	470.4 MW
Azure Sky Wind Project, LLC Hybrid	Wind	Texas	Azure Sky Wind Project, LLC	470.2 MW
Biglow Canyon Wind Farm	Wind	Oregon	Portland General Electric Co	449.7 MW
Mesquite Star	Wind	Texas	Mesquite Star Special LLC	418.9 MW
Grande Prairie Wind Farm	Wind	Nebraska	BHE Renewables, LLC	400 MW
High Prairie Wind Farm	Wind	Missouri	Union Electric Co - (MO)	400 MW