This is a list of large wind farms in the United States.
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
Wind farms with a generating capacity of at least 170 megawatts (MW), or be one of the three largest farms in its state and have a generating capacity of at least 120 MW.
Planned wind farms
Farm | Capacity (MW) | State | Coordinates |
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Chokecherry-Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project [63] | 3000 | Wyoming |
See also
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