Variable supply · 2025

Wind Energy

Electricity reported from onshore and offshore wind turbines.

Texas
Top producer
464.4M MWh
US generation · 2025
45%
Top-3 state share of US total
Variable
Dispatch profile

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Texas leads U.S. wind generation

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA State Electricity Profiles, 2025), Wind generated 464.4M MWh of U.S. electricity across 43 states, led by Texas at 28% of the national total. Wind supplies 21.8% of Texas's own electricity mix.

45%

of U.S. wind from the top 3 states

43

jurisdictions with positive output

21.8%

leader's own-mix share (Texas)

464.4M MWh

national wind generation (2025)

Where wind generation clusters (2025)

Net generation in terawatt-hours (TWh), from EIA State Electricity Profiles.

TWh
  • Texas
    130
  • Iowa
    44
  • Oklahoma
    38
  • Kansas
    30
  • Illinois
    25
  • Colorado
    17
  • California
    16
  • Minnesota
    15
  • North Dakota
    15
  • New Mexico
    14
Source EIA State Electricity Profiles As of 2025

Wind Generation by State

Rank State Generation (MWh) Share of State Mix
#1 Texas 129.5M
21.8%
#2 Iowa 43.7M
58.6%
#3 Oklahoma 38.0M
41.8%
#4 Kansas 29.6M
46.9%
#5 Illinois 25.0M
12.8%
#6 Colorado 17.1M
29.0%
#7 California 16.3M
6.9%
#8 Minnesota 15.4M
25.4%
#9 North Dakota 15.4M
36.2%
#10 New Mexico 14.2M
35.4%
#11 South Dakota 12.7M
57.2%
#12 Wyoming 12.5M
27.3%
#13 Nebraska 11.7M
29.1%
#14 Indiana 10.3M
9.6%
#15 Michigan 10.1M
8.0%
#16 Oregon 9.5M
14.7%
#17 Washington 8.6M
8.4%
#18 New York 6.9M
5.0%
#19 Missouri 6.5M
8.9%
#20 Montana 6.3M
21.9%
#21 Pennsylvania 3.6M
1.4%
#22 Arizona 3.1M
2.6%
#23 Idaho 3.1M
15.1%
#24 Ohio 3.0M
2.0%
#25 Maine 2.9M
19.8%
#26 West Virginia 2.0M
3.7%
#27 Wisconsin 2.0M
3.0%
#28 North Carolina 936.3K
0.7%
#29 Utah 799.0K
2.1%
#30 Maryland 685.0K
1.7%
#31 Hawaii 573.4K
5.2%
#32 Mississippi 500.2K
0.7%
#33 New Hampshire 476.0K
2.5%
#34 Vermont 383.7K
18.5%
#35 Nevada 350.6K
0.7%
#36 Massachusetts 210.0K
0.8%
#37 Rhode Island 185.2K
1.9%
#38 Arkansas 176.2K
0.3%
#39 Alaska 130.0K
2.0%
#40 Virginia 49.9K
0.0%
#41 New Jersey 20.3K
0.0%
#42 Connecticut 12.3K
0.0%
#43 Delaware 5.0K
0.1%

Operating fleet · May 2026

Largest plants with operating wind units

EIA lists 1,370 plants with 164,312.2 MW of operating summer capacity. Table limited to the 30 largest matched plants.

Scroll horizontally for state, technology, and capacity.

Plant Reported operator State Technology Summer capacity
SunZia Wind South Pattern Operators LP New Mexico Onshore Wind Turbine 2,561.2 MW
SunZia Wind North Pattern Operators LP New Mexico Onshore Wind Turbine 1,089 MW
Great Prairie Wind Great Prairie Wind LLC Texas Onshore Wind Turbine 1,027 MW
Traverse Wind Project, LLC Southwestern Electric Power Co Oklahoma Onshore Wind Turbine 999 MW
Vineyard Wind 1 Vineyard Wind 1 LLC Massachusetts Offshore Wind Turbine 800 MW
Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center FPL Energy Horse Hollow LLC Texas Onshore Wind Turbine 735.5 MW
Capricorn Ridge Wind LLC Capricorn Ridge Wind LLC Texas Onshore Wind Turbine 662.5 MW
High Banks Wind High Banks Wind, LLC Kansas Onshore Wind Turbine 604 MW
Wagon Wheel Wind Southwestern Electric Power Co Oklahoma Onshore Wind Turbine 598.4 MW
Rock Creek Wind PacifiCorp Wyoming Onshore Wind Turbine 590 MW
Fowler Ridge Wind Farm LLC AE Power Services LLC Indiana Onshore Wind Turbine 588.3 MW
Rush Creek Wind Public Service Co of Colorado Colorado Onshore Wind Turbine 582.3 MW
Aviator Wind Aviator Wind, LLC Texas Onshore Wind Turbine 525 MW
Sagamore Wind Southwestern Public Service Co New Mexico Onshore Wind Turbine 522 MW
TB Flats PacifiCorp Wyoming Onshore Wind Turbine 503.2 MW
White Mesa Wind White Mesa Wind, LLC Texas Onshore Wind Turbine 500.6 MW
Highland Wind Project (IA) MidAmerican Energy Co Iowa Onshore Wind Turbine 500 MW
Orient Wind Farm MidAmerican Energy Co Iowa Onshore Wind Turbine 500 MW
West Camp Wind Farm AES Clean Energy Arizona Onshore Wind Turbine 500 MW
Young Wind Young Wind, LLC Texas Onshore Wind Turbine 500 MW
High Lonesome Wind Power, LLC Hybrid High Lonesome Wind Power, LLC Texas Onshore Wind Turbine 499.5 MW
Maverick Creek Wind Algonquin Power Co Texas Onshore Wind Turbine 491.6 MW
Hale Community Wind Farm Southwestern Public Service Co Texas Onshore Wind Turbine 478 MW
Cheyenne Ridge Wind Farm Public Service Co of Colorado Colorado Onshore Wind Turbine 477.1 MW
Flat Ridge 2 Wind Energy LLC AE Power Services LLC Kansas Onshore Wind Turbine 470.4 MW
Biglow Canyon Wind Farm Portland General Electric Co Oregon Onshore Wind Turbine 449.7 MW
Rolling Hills Wind Farm MidAmerican Energy Co Iowa Onshore Wind Turbine 443.2 MW
Mesquite Star Mesquite Star Special LLC Texas Onshore Wind Turbine 418.9 MW
Grande Prairie Wind Farm BHE Renewables, LLC Nebraska Onshore Wind Turbine 400 MW
Jordan Creek Wind Farm, LLC Jordan Creek Wind Farm, LLC Indiana Onshore Wind Turbine 398.6 MW

Frequently Asked Questions

Which states concentrate U.S. wind generation? ▼
The three largest wind producers account for 45% of reported U.S. wind generation in 2025 (Texas, Iowa, and Oklahoma). Variable resources cluster where resource and interconnection allow.
Which state generates the most wind energy? ▼
Texas leads with 129.5M MWh (2025), 21.8% of that state's own electricity mix.
What does wind operating capacity mean here? ▼
The 2026-05 EIA inventory reports 164.3K MW of net summer capacity across 1,370 plants in the categories used on this page. Capacity is not converted into generation on this page.
Where does RateWatt's wind data come from? ▼
Generation comes from EIA State Electricity Profiles (2025). Operating-plant capacity comes from the separate EIA operating-generator inventory (May 2026). Neither series is a retail-rate or customer-delivery measure.

Reading the wind numbers

Variable wind output clusters in a few high-resource states; own-mix share shows how much a state's grid leans on it when the resource is available.

  • Texas reports wind at 21.8% of its own mix; the top three states are 45% of the U.S. wind total. Texas profile
  • Compare wind capacity inventory against annual generation, rated MW is not MWh delivered. Operating fleet
  • LCOE assumptions and cited technology comparisons Read the guide

Generation mix is not the same as the electricity a state consumes; surplus is traded across the grid. See our methodology.

Related guide

Renewable vs Fossil Fuel Costs

LCOE assumptions and cited technology comparisons

Where these figures come from

Generation and capacity are separate EIA series with separate vintages; neither is a retail-rate or customer-delivery measure.

Generation: U.S. Energy Information Administration (2025) · operating capacity inventory: 2026-05.
All federal data sources used on this page

Generation totals on this page come from EIA State Electricity Profiles for 2025; operating-plant capacity comes from the separate EIA operating-generator inventory (May 2026). No figure is typed in by an editor. State shares are generation_mwh for this source ÷ state total generation in the same profile year. Plant rows sum only units whose EIA energy-source/technology labels match this profile's allowlist. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2025.

Sources: EIA State Electricity Profiles and EIA Operating Generator Capacity. See our methodology.