Clearwater Wind III
Wind power plant · Rosebud County, Montana
Nameplate capacity
100 MW
Rank in Montana
#21
of 73 plants
In service since
2024
September 2024
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Clearwater Wind III, LLC
- County
- Rosebud County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 1.31%
- Rank among wind plants in Montana
- #10 of 23
- EIA plant code
- 66811
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CW3 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 100 MW | 100 MW | 2024 | 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 Montana
| NaturEner Glacier Wind Energy 2 | Wind | 104 MW |
| Clearwater Wind II | Wind | 103 MW |
| Thompson Falls | Hydro | 98 MW |
| Glendive GT | Natural gas | 84 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 100 MW solar plant and a 100 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