Hopkins Ridge Wind
Wind power plant · Columbia County, Washington
Nameplate capacity
157 MW
Rank in Washington
#40
of 139 plants
In service since
2005
November 2005
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Puget Sound Energy Inc
- County
- Columbia County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.49%
- Rank among wind plants in Washington
- #9 of 23
- EIA plant code
- 56255
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 149 MW | 149 MW | 2005 | Operating |
| 2 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 7.2 MW | 7.2 MW | 2008 | 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 Washington
| Whitehorn | Natural gas | 169 MW |
| Mayfield | Hydro | 162 MW |
| Juniper Canyon I Wind Project | Wind | 151 MW |
| Lund Hill Solar | Solar | 150 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 157 MW solar plant and a 157 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 Washington power plants · What Washington actually generates