Sawtooth Wind Project
Wind power plant · Elmore County, Idaho
Nameplate capacity
22 MW
Rank in Idaho
#54
of 155 plants
In service since
2011
October 2011
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Idaho Winds LLC
- County
- Elmore County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.34%
- Rank among wind plants in Idaho
- #17 of 33
- EIA plant code
- 57749
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST | Onshore Wind Turbine | 22 MW | 22 MW | 2011 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Idaho
| Power County Wind Park North | Wind | 23 MW |
| Power County Wind Park South | Wind | 23 MW |
| Burley Butte Windpark | Wind | 21 MW |
| Bennett Creek Windfarm LLC - Mountain Home | Wind | 21 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 22 MW solar plant and a 22 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Idaho power plants · What Idaho actually generates