Biglow Canyon Wind Farm
Wind power plant · Sherman County, Oregon
Nameplate capacity
450 MW
Rank in Oregon
#11
of 301 plants
In service since
2007
December 2007
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Portland General Electric Co
- County
- Sherman County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 2.34%
- Rank among wind plants in Oregon
- #1 of 50
- EIA plant code
- 56485
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 163 MW | 163 MW | 2009 | Operating |
| 3 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 161 MW | 161 MW | 2010 | Operating |
| 1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 125 MW | 125 MW | 2007 | 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 Oregon
| Carty Generating Station | Natural gas | 500 MW |
| Port Westward | Natural gas | 483 MW |
| Hells Canyon | Hydro | 411 MW |
| Round Butte | Hydro | 373 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 450 MW solar plant and a 450 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 Oregon power plants · What Oregon actually generates