Benton County Wind Farm
Wind power plant · Benton County, Indiana
Nameplate capacity
131 MW
Rank in Indiana
#64
of 224 plants
In service since
2008
May 2008
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Orion Energy Group LLC
- County
- Benton County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.38%
- Rank among wind plants in Indiana
- #13 of 20
- EIA plant code
- 56679
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 131 MW | 131 MW | 2008 | 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 Indiana
| Wheatland | Solar | 150 MW |
| Bitter Ridge Wind Farm, LLC | Wind | 147 MW |
| Indiana Harbor West | Natural gas | 127 MW |
| Bluff Point Wind Facility | Wind | 120 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 131 MW solar plant and a 131 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 Indiana power plants · What Indiana actually generates