How many wind farms are in California?

California has 113 operating utility-scale wind farms with 6.6 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest wind farm in California?

Solano Wind in Solano County, California is the largest, at 301 MW. It came online in 2024.

How many wind farms were built in California in 2025?

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

Who is developing wind farms in California?

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 California

California has 113 operating wind farms with 6.6 GW of capacity. 2 came online in 2025.

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See planned wind farms in California

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

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Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

California had 83 wind farms online in 2016 and 113 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 California

Operating, by capacity

#	Wind farm	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Solano Wind	Solano County	2024	301 MW
2	Ocotillo Express LLC	Imperial County	2012	265 MW
3	Manzana Wind LLC	Kern County	2012	189 MW
4	Alta Wind Energy Center V	Kern County	2011	168 MW
5	Pinyon Pine I	Kern County	2012	168 MW
6	North Sky River Energy LLC	Kern County	2012	162 MW
7	High Winds LLC	Solano County	2003	162 MW
8	Pacific Wind LLC	Kern County	2012	152 MW
9	Shiloh I Wind Project	Solano County	2006	150 MW
10	Shiloh Wind Project 2 LLC	Solano County	2009	150 MW

Wind farms that came online most recently in California

Newest first

#	Wind farm	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Gonzaga Ridge Wind Farm	Merced County	2026	133 MW
2	Tehachapi Wind Resource II	Kern County	2025	20 MW
3	AM Wind Repower	Riverside County	2025	27 MW
4	CalPortland Company Mojave Wind	Kern County	2024	24 MW
5	Mesa Wind Power LLC	Riverside County	2024	30 MW
6	Mesa Wind Repower	Riverside County	2024	30 MW
7	Solano Wind	Solano County	2024	301 MW
8	Strauss Wind Farm	Santa Barbara County	2023	95 MW
9	Foundation Dole Fresh Vegetables	Monterey County	2022	6 MW
10	Mountain View I & II	Riverside County	2022	71 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 California

How many wind farms are in California?: California has 113 operating utility-scale wind farms with 6.6 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest wind farm in California?: Solano Wind in Solano County, California is the largest, at 301 MW. It came online in 2024.
How many wind farms were built in California in 2025?: 2 wind farms came online in California in 2025, with 47 MW of capacity.
Who is developing wind farms in California?: 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.