Searsburg Wind Turbine
Wind power plant · Bennington County, Vermont
Nameplate capacity
6.0 MW
Rank in Vermont
#30
of 117 plants
In service since
1997
June 1997
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Green Mountain Power Corp
- County
- Bennington County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.67%
- Rank among wind plants in Vermont
- #5 of 5
- EIA plant code
- 7381
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 6.0 MW | 5.2 MW | 1997 | Operating |
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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| GMP Solar - Panton Hybrid | Solar | 5.9 MW |
| Beldens | Hydro | 5.7 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 6.0 MW solar plant and a 6.0 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 Vermont power plants · What Vermont actually generates