How many wind farms are in CAISO?

CAISO has 114 operating utility-scale wind farms with 10 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest wind farm in CAISO?

SunZia Wind South in Lincoln County, New Mexico is the largest, at 2,561 MW. It came online in 2026.

How many wind farms were built in CAISO in 2025?

2 wind farms came online in CAISO in 2025, with 47 MW of capacity.

Who is developing wind farms in CAISO?

Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.

Wind farms in CAISO

CAISO has 114 operating wind farms with 10 GW of capacity. 2 came online in 2025.

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See planned wind farms in CAISO

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

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Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

CAISO had 82 wind farms online in 2016 and 114 in 2026

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Wind farms online at the end of each year. Source: EIA-860M, compiled by Cleanview.

The 10 largest wind farms in CAISO

Operating, by capacity

#	Wind farm	Location	Year online	Capacity
1	SunZia Wind South	Lincoln County, New Mexico	2026	2,561 MW
2	SunZia Wind North	Torrance County, New Mexico	2026	1,089 MW
3	Solano Wind	Solano County, California	2024	301 MW
4	Ocotillo Express LLC	Imperial County, California	2012	265 MW
5	Manzana Wind LLC	Kern County, California	2012	189 MW
6	Alta Wind Energy Center V	Kern County, California	2011	168 MW
7	Pinyon Pine I	Kern County, California	2012	168 MW
8	North Sky River Energy LLC	Kern County, California	2012	162 MW
9	High Winds LLC	Solano County, California	2003	162 MW
10	Pacific Wind LLC	Kern County, California	2012	152 MW

Wind farms that came online most recently in CAISO

Newest first

#	Wind farm	Location	Year online	Capacity
1	Gonzaga Ridge Wind Farm	Merced County, California	2026	133 MW
2	SunZia Wind South	Lincoln County, New Mexico	2026	2,561 MW
3	SunZia Wind North	Torrance County, New Mexico	2026	1,089 MW
4	Tehachapi Wind Resource II	Kern County, California	2025	20 MW
5	AM Wind Repower	Riverside County, California	2025	27 MW
6	CalPortland Company Mojave Wind	Kern County, California	2024	24 MW
7	Mesa Wind Power LLC	Riverside County, California	2024	30 MW
8	Mesa Wind Repower	Riverside County, California	2024	30 MW
9	Solano Wind	Solano County, California	2024	301 MW
10	Strauss Wind Farm	Santa Barbara County, California	2023	95 MW

The developer behind each project is on paid plans. See plans

How Cleanview tracks wind farms

Operating wind farms come from the EIA's monthly survey of power plants. Planned projects come from the grid operators' interconnection queues. We research who is developing each one, since a queue lists a project company, not its owner.

Questions about wind farms in CAISO

How many wind farms are in CAISO?: CAISO has 114 operating utility-scale wind farms with 10 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest wind farm in CAISO?: SunZia Wind South in Lincoln County, New Mexico is the largest, at 2,561 MW. It came online in 2026.
How many wind farms were built in CAISO in 2025?: 2 wind farms came online in CAISO in 2025, with 47 MW of capacity.
Who is developing wind farms in CAISO?: Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.