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This is a list of large wind farms in the United States. Many of the
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This is a list of large wind farms in the United States. Many of the wind farms
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in the United States are located in the Great Plains.
Onshore wind farms
Listed are wind farms with a generating capacity of at least 150megawatts
The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3. It is used to quantify the rate of energy transfer. The watt is named after James Wat ...
(MW) or any of the three largest farms in its state with a generating capacity of at least 120 MW.
Offshore wind farms
As of 2020, there are two operational offshore wind farms in the United States.Block Island Wind Farm
Block Island Wind Farm was the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States, located from Block Island, Rhode Island in the Atlantic Ocean. The five-turbine, 30 MW project was developed by Deepwater Wind, now Ørsted US Offshor ...
opened in December 2016 in Rhode Island waters. Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind opened in 2020.
Planned wind farms
See also
*List of offshore wind farms in the United States
Offshore wind power is in the early stages of development in the United States. In 2016, the United States Department of Energy estimated that the country has a gross resource potential of 10,800GW of offshore wind capacity, with a "technical" r ...
* List of U.S. states by electricity production from renewable sources
* List of wind turbine manufacturers
This is a list of notable wind turbine manufacturers and businesses that manufacture major wind turbine components.
Small wind turbine manufacturers
* Bornay (Spain)
* Enessere (Italy)
* Hi-VAWT (Taiwan)
* quietrevolution (United Kingdo ...
* Renewable portfolio standard
* Wind ENergy Data & Information (WENDI) Gateway
The Wind ENergy Data and Information (WENDI) Gateway was established by the Environmental Sciences Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory in March 2010 to support the United States Department of Energy's Wind and Hydropower Technologies Progr ...
References
External links
Proposed offshore wind projects in North America
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United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...