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Wind power: worldwide installed capacity [1]

This is a list of large wind farms, with a generating capacity of 100 megawatts (MW) or more, which are currently operating, under construction, or proposed. Wind power capacity has expanded quickly to 336 GW in June 2014, and wind energy production was about 4% of total worldwide electricity usage, and growing fast.[2]

Wind power is widely used in Europe, and more recently in the United States and Asia.[3][4] Wind power accounts for approximately 19% of electricity generation in Denmark, 11% in Spain and Portugal, and 9% in the Republic of Ireland.[5]

Operational wind farms

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Many of the largest onshore wind farms are in the USA. As of January 2014, the Alta Wind Energy Center is the largest onshore wind farm in the world at 1,020 MW.

Part of the Biglow Canyon Wind Farm, with a turbine under construction
World's largest onshore wind farms
Alta Wind Energy Center 1,020 USA [6][7]
Shepherds Flat Wind Farm 845 USA [8]
Roscoe Wind Farm 781.5 USA [9]
Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center 735.5 USA [10][11]
Capricorn Ridge Wind Farm 662.5 USA [10][11]
Fântânele-Cogealac Wind Farm 600 Romania [12]
Fowler Ridge Wind Farm 599.8 USA [13]
Sweetwater Wind Farm 585.3 USA [10]
Cedar Creek Wind Farm 551 USA [14]
Buffalo Gap Wind Farm 523.3 USA [10][11]

Many of the largest offshore wind farms are in Europe. As of January 2014, the London Array is the largest offshore wind farm in the world at 630 MW.

World's largest offshore wind farms
London Array 630 United Kingdom [15]
Greater Gabbard 504 United Kingdom [16]
Anholt 400 Denmark [17]
BARD Offshore 1 400 Germany [18]
Walney 367.2 United Kingdom [19]
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Notes

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  1. ↑ GWEC, Global Wind Report Annual Market Update
  2. ↑ The World Wind Energy Association (2014). 2014 Half-year Report. WWEA. pp. 1–8.
  3. ↑ Global wind energy markets continue to boom – 2006 another record year Archived 2011-04-07 at the Wayback Machine (PDF).
  4. ↑ Global Wind Energy Council (2009). Global Wind 2008 Report Archived 2011-04-07 at the Wayback Machine, p. 9, accessed on January 4, 2010.
  5. ↑ International Energy Agency (2009). IEA Wind Energy: Annual Report 2008 Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine p. 9.
  6. ↑ California U.S. Wind Energy Projects - California Archived 2010-10-07 at the Wayback Machine, Alta Wind Energy Center, 2009
  7. ↑ [1] Archived 2011-11-16 at the Wayback Machine Industry Statistics, 2Q 2011
  8. ↑ [2] Archived 2012-09-26 at the Wayback Machine, Shepherd Flat, one of the world's biggest wind farms, up and running in Oregon, 2012
  9. ↑ "E.ON Delivers 335-MW of Wind in Texas". Archived from the original on 2016-01-05. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 "Drilling Down: What Projects Made 2008 Such a Banner Year for Wind Power?". Archived from the original on 2016-01-06. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "AWEA: U.S. Wind Energy Projects - Texas". Archived from the original on 2007-12-29. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
  12. ↑ CEZ: Fantanele-Cogealac Wind Park
  13. ↑ "AWEA: U.S. Wind Energy Projects - Indiana". Archived from the original on 2012-12-28. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
  14. ↑ "Babcock & Brown and BP Announce Full Commercial Operation of one of the Largest Wind Farms in the U.S." Archived from the original on 2007-08-13. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
  15. ↑ "London Array Project home page". Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
  16. ↑ "UK: Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm Generates Power". 7 September 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-07.
  17. ↑ Anholf Offshore wind farm in 4C Offshore Retrieved 2013-08-27
  18. ↑ German Federal Minister Inaugurates BARD Offshore 1 Retrieved 2013-08-26
  19. ↑ "UK: Walney Offshore Wind Farm Fully Operational". 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2012-06-15.
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