Largest wind power projects in the United States 2021

Based in the northwestern region of Oklahoma, the Traverse Wind Energy Center is the largest wind power project in the United States by installed capacity, at approximately 999 megawatts. The Vineyard Wind I, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the second-largest U.S. wind project, and the first offshore utility-scale wind farm to be constructed in the country.

Texas leads for wind power

Two of the largest U.S. wind power projects are located in Texas, with the Aviator Wind and Goodnight Wind Energy projects. Texas is the leading state in terms of cumulative wind power capacity. Land availability is a major factor in Texas’s dominance in the U.S. wind market and land is often leased by private owners to for-profit energy companies.

Wind market growth in the U.S.

Cumulative installed wind power capacity in the United States has drastically increased in the past decade. This is in part due to greater investment in clean energy , especially after the 2008 Recession when oil prices spiked and the development of other renewable sources became more lucrative. Among renewable resources, solar generation has seen a larger increase than wind power over the last decades.