How many wind farms are in Montana?

Montana has 23 operating utility-scale wind farms with 2.3 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest wind farm in Montana?

Beaver Creek Wind Facility in Stillwater County, Montana is the largest, at 434 MW. It came online in 2025.

How many wind farms were built in Montana in 2025?

1 wind farm came online in Montana in 2025, with 434 MW of capacity.

Who is developing wind farms in Montana?

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 Montana

Montana has 23 operating wind farms with 2.3 GW of capacity. 1 came online in 2025.

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See planned wind farms in Montana

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 50 MW50–249 MW250 MW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Montana had 12 wind farms online in 2016 and 23 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 Montana

Operating, by capacity

#	Wind farm	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Beaver Creek Wind Facility	Stillwater County	2025	434 MW
2	Clearwater Wind I	Rosebud County	2022	366 MW
3	Pryor Mountain Wind	Carbon County	2021	240 MW
4	Clearwater Wind East	Custer County	2024	208 MW
5	NaturEner Rim Rock Energy	Toole County	2012	189 MW
6	Judith Gap Wind Energy Center	Wheatland County	2005	135 MW
7	NaturEner Glacier Wind Energy 1	Toole County	2008	107 MW
8	NaturEner Glacier Wind Energy 2	Toole County	2009	104 MW
9	Clearwater Wind II	Rosebud County	2023	103 MW
10	Clearwater Wind III	Rosebud County	2024	100 MW

Wind farms that came online most recently in Montana

Newest first

#	Wind farm	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Beaver Creek Wind Facility	Stillwater County	2025	434 MW
2	Clearwater Wind III	Rosebud County	2024	100 MW
3	Clearwater Wind East	Custer County	2024	208 MW
4	Clearwater Wind II	Rosebud County	2023	103 MW
5	Clearwater Wind I	Rosebud County	2022	366 MW
6	Pryor Mountain Wind	Carbon County	2021	240 MW
7	South Peak Wind	Judith Basin County	2020	80 MW
8	Gordon Butte Wind LLC	Meagher County	2018	18 MW
9	Stillwater Wind, LLC	Stillwater County	2018	80 MW
10	Two Dot Wind Broadview East LLC	Yellowstone County	2018	2 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 Montana

How many wind farms are in Montana?: Montana has 23 operating utility-scale wind farms with 2.3 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest wind farm in Montana?: Beaver Creek Wind Facility in Stillwater County, Montana is the largest, at 434 MW. It came online in 2025.
How many wind farms were built in Montana in 2025?: 1 wind farm came online in Montana in 2025, with 434 MW of capacity.
Who is developing wind farms in Montana?: 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.