How many wind farms are in Nebraska?

Nebraska has 33 operating utility-scale wind farms with 3.5 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest wind farm in Nebraska?

Grande Prairie Wind Farm in Holt County, Nebraska is the largest, at 400 MW. It came online in 2016.

How many wind farms were built in Nebraska in 2025?

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

Who is developing wind farms in Nebraska?

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 Nebraska

Nebraska has 33 operating wind farms with 3.5 GW of capacity.

Operating33

See planned wind farms in Nebraska

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 50 MW50–249 MW250 MW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Nebraska had 17 wind farms online in 2016 and 33 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 Nebraska

Operating, by capacity

#	Wind farm	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Grande Prairie Wind Farm	Holt County	2016	400 MW
2	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project	Dixon County	2018	318 MW
3	Thunderhead Wind Energy LLC	Antelope County	2022	300 MW
4	Milligan 1 Wind Farm	Saline County	2021	300 MW
5	Haystack Wind Project, LLC	Wayne County	2022	298 MW
6	Little Blue Wind Project, LLC	Webster County	2021	251 MW
7	Plum Creek Wind Project (NE)	Wayne County	2020	230 MW
8	Prairie Breeze	Antelope County	2014	207 MW
9	Upstream Wind Energy LLC	Antelope County	2018	203 MW
10	Sholes Wind Energy Center	Wayne County	2019	160 MW

Wind farms that came online most recently in Nebraska

Newest first

#	Wind farm	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Thunderhead Wind Energy LLC	Antelope County	2022	300 MW
2	SPPW1, LLC	Franklin County	2022	6 MW
3	Haystack Wind Project, LLC	Wayne County	2022	298 MW
4	Little Blue Wind Project, LLC	Webster County	2021	251 MW
5	Milligan 1 Wind Farm	Saline County	2021	300 MW
6	Plum Creek Wind Project (NE)	Wayne County	2020	230 MW
7	Cuming County Renewables, LLC	Cuming County	2019	3 MW
8	Sholes Wind Energy Center	Wayne County	2019	160 MW
9	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project	Dixon County	2018	318 MW
10	Upstream Wind Energy LLC	Antelope County	2018	203 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 Nebraska

How many wind farms are in Nebraska?: Nebraska has 33 operating utility-scale wind farms with 3.5 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest wind farm in Nebraska?: Grande Prairie Wind Farm in Holt County, Nebraska is the largest, at 400 MW. It came online in 2016.
How many wind farms were built in Nebraska in 2025?: 0 wind farms came online in Nebraska in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing wind farms in Nebraska?: 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.