List of large wind farms

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Wind power: worldwide installed capacity [1]

This is a list of large wind farms, with a generating capacity of 100 megawatts (MW) or more, which are currently operating, under construction, or proposed.

At the end of 2009, worldwide wind farm capacity was 157,900 MW, representing an increase of 31 percent during the year,[2] and wind power supplied some 1.3% of global electricity consumption.[3]

Wind power is widely used in European countries, and more recently in the United States and Asia.[4][5] Wind power accounts for approximately 19% of electricity generation in Denmark, 11% in Spain and Portugal, and 9% in the Republic of Ireland.[6]

Operational wind farms[change]

Many of the largest operational onshore wind farms are located in the USA. As of November 2010, the Roscoe Wind Farm is the largest onshore wind farm in the world at 781.5 MW, followed by the Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center (735.5 MW). The largest wind farm under construction is the 800 MW Alta Wind Energy Center in the USA. The largest proposed project is the 20,000 MW Gansu Wind Farm in China.

Part of the Biglow Canyon Wind Farm, with a turbine under construction
World's largest onshore wind farms
Wind farm Current
capacity
(MW)		 Country Notes
Biglow Canyon Wind Farm 450 USA [7]
Buffalo Gap Wind Farm 523.3 USA [8][9]
Capricorn Ridge Wind Farm 662.5 USA [8][9]
Dabancheng Wind Farm 500 China [10]
Fowler Ridge Wind Farm 599.8 USA [11]
Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center 735.5 USA [8][9]
Panther Creek Wind Farm 458 USA [9]
Roscoe Wind Farm 781.5 USA [12]
Sweetwater Wind Farm 585.3 USA [8]

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Notes[change]

  1. ↑ GWEC, Global Wind Report Annual Market Update
  2. ↑ Lars Kroldrup. Gains in Global Wind Capacity Reported Green Inc., February 15, 2010.
  3. ↑ World Wind Energy Association (2008). Wind turbines generate more than 1 % of the global electricity
  4. ↑ Global wind energy markets continue to boom – 2006 another record year (PDF).
  5. ↑ Global Wind Energy Council (2009). Global Wind 2008 Report, p. 9, accessed on January 4, 2010.
  6. ↑ International Energy Agency (2009). IEA Wind Energy: Annual Report 2008 p. 9.
  7. ↑ AWEA: U.S. Wind Energy Projects - Oregon
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Drilling Down: What Projects Made 2008 Such a Banner Year for Wind Power?
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 AWEA: U.S. Wind Energy Projects - Texas
  10. ↑ China - Dabancheng Wind Farm now has a combined generating capacity of 500 MW
  11. ↑ AWEA: U.S. Wind Energy Projects - Indiana
  12. ↑ E.ON Delivers 335-MW of Wind in Texas
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