McFadden Ridge
Wind power plant · Albany County, Wyoming
Nameplate capacity
35 MW
Rank in Wyoming
#47
of 71 plants
In service since
2009
October 2009
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- PacifiCorp
- County
- Albany County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.28%
- Rank among wind plants in Wyoming
- #26 of 28
- EIA plant code
- 57039
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 35 MW | 29 MW | 2009 | 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 Wyoming
| Glendo | Hydro | 38 MW |
| Kortes | Hydro | 36 MW |
| General Chemical | Coal | 30 MW |
| Happy Jack Windpower Project | Wind | 29 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 35 MW solar plant and a 35 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 Wyoming power plants · What Wyoming actually generates