Hancock Wind Plant
Wind power plant · Hancock County, Maine
Nameplate capacity
51 MW
Rank in Maine
#25
of 274 plants
In service since
2016
December 2016
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Onward Energy
- County
- Hancock County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.83%
- Rank among wind plants in Maine
- #9 of 22
- EIA plant code
- 58686
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HANC1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 51 MW | 51 MW | 2016 | 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 Maine
| Stetson Wind I | Wind | 57 MW |
| Rumford Falls Hydro Facility | Hydro | 53 MW |
| Record Hill Wind | Wind | 51 MW |
| Sanford Solar | Solar | 49 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 51 MW solar plant and a 51 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 Maine power plants · What Maine actually generates