Howard Wind Farm
Wind power plant · Steuben County, New York
Nameplate capacity
55 MW
Rank in New York
#103
of 1,152 plants
In service since
2011
December 2011
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
- County
- Steuben County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.12%
- Rank among wind plants in New York
- #25 of 34
- EIA plant code
- 57867
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 51 MW | 51 MW | 2011 | Operating |
| 2 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 4.1 MW | 4.1 MW | 2012 | 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 New York
| Indeck Silver Springs Energy Center | Natural gas | 57 MW |
| Spier Falls | Hydro | 56 MW |
| Hawkeye Energy Greenport LLC | Other | 54 MW |
| West Babylon | Other | 52 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 55 MW solar plant and a 55 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 New York power plants · What New York actually generates