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Young Wind Farm Texas: 500 [96] Chevelon Butte wind farm Arizona: 477 [97] Alle-Catt wind farm New York: 340 [98] Boswell Springs Wind Farm (2023) Wyoming: 331 [99] Thunderhead Wind Energy Nebraska: 300 [100] Seven Cowboy wind farm Oklahoma: 300 [101] Canisteo wind farm New York: 291 [102] Sapphire Sky wind farm Illinois: 260 [103] Badger Wind Farm
The following table lists offshore wind farm areas (by nameplate capacity) that are in various states development for the Outer Continental Shelf in U.S. territorial waters of the East Coast of the United States, [31] where a Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) wind energy area lease has been secured [32] [33] and have gained at least some ...
The Alta Wind Energy Center in California is currently the largest completed wind farm in the United States with a capacity of 1,548 MW. [11] When completed in 2026, SunZia Wind in Central New Mexico, will be the largest wind farm in the US, as well as in the western hemisphere, with over 900 turbines and a generating capacity of 3,500 MW.
In addition to the megawatt wind farms, community scale single wind turbines of from 250 kW to 750 kW are typically 50 meters high, and residential or farm wind turbines are typically 15–40 m (49–131 ft) high. To address these markets, maps are available showing wind potential at 30 m (98 ft) [7] and 50 m (160 ft). [8]
The 1550MW Alta Wind Energy Center is the largest wind farm in the United States and the second largest in the world behind the Gansu Wind Farm. [38] There were 90,000 wind operations jobs in the United States in 2015. The wind industry in the United States generates tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars of economic activity. [39]
Offshore wind farms have the primary goal of reducing carbon emissions, by providing renewable energy. Evidence of this goal being achieved can already be seen in the United States. A study done from 2014 in Michigan analyzing the effects of offshore wind farms on the Great Lakes has shown improvement to air quality. [74]
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 .
Wind farms in the United States by state or territory (35 C) Windmills in the United States by state or territory (5 C) A. Wind power in Alaska (1 P)