Berkshire Wind Power Project
Wind power plant · Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Massachusetts Mun Wholes Electric Co
- County
- Berkshire County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.14%
- Rank among wind plants in Massachusetts
- #3 of 20
- EIA plant code
- 57721
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BWP | Onshore Wind Turbine | 15 MW | 15 MW | 2011 | Operating |
| HN-8 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 2.3 MW | 2.3 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| HN-9 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 2.3 MW | 2.3 MW | 2019 | 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 Massachusetts
| Nantucket Hybrid | Other | 22 MW |
| Central Heating Plant | Natural gas | 20 MW |
| NE Renewable Fitchburg, LLC | Other | 18 MW |
| Deerfield 5 | Hydro | 18 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 20 MW solar plant and a 20 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 Massachusetts power plants · What Massachusetts actually generates