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Clearwater Wind I

Wind power plant · Rosebud County, Montana

Nameplate capacity
366 MW
Rank in Montana
#5
of 73 plants
In service since
2022
November 2022

Details

Primary fuel
Wind
Technology
Onshore Wind Turbine
Operator
Clearwater Energy Resources LLC
County
Rosebud County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
4.77%
Rank among wind plants in Montana
#1 of 23
EIA plant code
65577

Generating units

Individual generating units at Clearwater Wind I
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
CW1Onshore Wind Turbine366 MW366 MW2022Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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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 366 MW solar plant and a 366 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 Montana power plants · What Montana actually generates