How many wind farms are in Minnesota?

Minnesota has 124 operating utility-scale wind farms with 5.0 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest wind farm in Minnesota?

Nobles 2 Wind Project in Nobles County, Minnesota is the largest, at 250 MW. It came online in 2020.

How many wind farms were built in Minnesota in 2025?

0 wind farms came online in Minnesota in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.

Who is developing wind farms in Minnesota?

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 Minnesota

Minnesota has 124 operating wind farms with 5.0 GW of capacity.

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See planned wind farms in Minnesota

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 50 MW50–249 MW250 MW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Minnesota had 109 wind farms online in 2016 and 124 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 Minnesota

Operating, by capacity

#	Wind farm	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Nobles 2 Wind Project	Nobles County	2020	250 MW
2	Freeborn Wind Farm	Freeborn County	2021	218 MW
3	Fenton Wind Farm	Murray County	2007	206 MW
4	Lakefield Wind Project LLC	Jackson County	2011	206 MW
5	Bent Tree Wind Farm Phase 1	Freeborn County	2011	201 MW
6	Nobles Wind Project	Nobles County	2010	201 MW
7	Prairie Rose Wind Farm	Rock County	2012	200 MW
8	Odell Wind Farm	Cottonwood County	2016	200 MW
9	Pleasant Valley Wind Farm	Mower County	2015	200 MW
10	Blazing Star Wind Farm 1	Lincoln County	2020	200 MW

Wind farms that came online most recently in Minnesota

Newest first

#	Wind farm	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Northern Wind	Murray County	2023	100 MW
2	Walleye Wind	Rock County	2022	110 MW
3	Buffalo Ridge Wind	Lincoln County	2022	106 MW
4	Rock Aetna Power Partners	Murray County	2022	20 MW
5	Freeborn Wind Farm	Freeborn County	2021	218 MW
6	Blazing Star 2 Wind Farm	Lincoln County	2021	200 MW
7	Nobles 2 Wind Project	Nobles County	2020	250 MW
8	Red Lake Falls Community Hybrid	Red Lake County	2020	5 MW
9	REG Juhl Glenville Wind, LLC	Freeborn County	2020	3 MW
10	Rock County Wind Fuel, LLC	Rock County	2020	5 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 Minnesota

How many wind farms are in Minnesota?: Minnesota has 124 operating utility-scale wind farms with 5.0 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest wind farm in Minnesota?: Nobles 2 Wind Project in Nobles County, Minnesota is the largest, at 250 MW. It came online in 2020.
How many wind farms were built in Minnesota in 2025?: 0 wind farms came online in Minnesota in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing wind farms in Minnesota?: 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.