Construction costs for a 200 to 600 megawatt wind power plant in the United States averaged 1,268 U.S. dollars per kilowatt of installed nameplate capacity in 2018. This compared to average costs of 1,790 U.S. dollars per kilowatt for wind power plants of a size between one and 25 megawatts.
Average construction costs for wind generators in the United States in 2018, by plant size (in U.S. dollars per kilowatt)*
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