US Wind Power Plants

Wind capacity across the 50 states and DC totals 166,925 MW as of August 2026, held in 1,372 plants. This represents 11.8% of all US generating capacity. Wind is spread across 43 states, though concentrated in a few: five states hold half the national total. Texas leads by a wide margin at 44,867 MW — 26.9% of the nation's wind capacity — in 230 plants. Oklahoma, Iowa, Kansas, Illinois, and New Mexico follow, each holding between 8,678 MW and 13,492 MW.

Wind's largest installations are SunZia Wind South in New Mexico at 2,561 MW and SunZia Wind North, also in New Mexico, at 1,089 MW, both brought online in 2026. Great Prairie Wind in Texas added 1,027 MW in 2022, and Traverse Wind Project in Oklahoma contributed 999 MW that same year. Vineyard Wind 1, an offshore installation in Massachusetts, reached 800 MW in 2026. The oldest plant on record is Lamar Plant in Colorado, which came online in January 1946. The newest is Hubbard Wind II in Texas, which entered service in August 2026.