How many wind farms are in Rhode Island?

Rhode Island has 19 operating utility-scale wind farms with 0.1 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest wind farm in Rhode Island?

Block Island Wind Farm in Washington County, Rhode Island is the largest, at 30 MW. It came online in 2016.

How many wind farms were built in Rhode Island in 2025?

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

Who is developing wind farms in Rhode Island?

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 Rhode Island

Rhode Island has 19 operating wind farms with 0.1 GW of capacity.

Operating19

See planned wind farms in Rhode Island

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 50 MW50–249 MW250 MW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Rhode Island had 9 wind farms online in 2016 and 19 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 Rhode Island

Operating, by capacity

#	Wind farm	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Block Island Wind Farm	Washington County	2016	30 MW
2	NBC Field's Point Wind Farm	Providence County	2012	5 MW
3	WED Coventry 2	Kent County	2016	5 MW
4	WED Coventry 6	Kent County	2016	5 MW
5	WED Green Hill, LLC	Providence County	2019	3 MW
6	WED Plainfield II, LLC	Providence County	2019	3 MW
7	WED Plainfield III, LLC	Providence County	2019	3 MW
8	WED Plainfield, LLC	Providence County	2019	3 MW
9	WED Shun I, LLC	Providence County	2019	3 MW
10	WED Shun II, LLC	Providence County	2019	3 MW

Wind farms that came online most recently in Rhode Island

Newest first

#	Wind farm	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Green Providence Wind II, LLC	Providence County	2021	3 MW
2	Green Providence Wind I, LLC	Providence County	2021	2 MW
3	WED Green Hill, LLC	Providence County	2019	3 MW
4	WED Plainfield II, LLC	Providence County	2019	3 MW
5	WED Plainfield III, LLC	Providence County	2019	3 MW
6	WED Plainfield, LLC	Providence County	2019	3 MW
7	WED Shun I, LLC	Providence County	2019	3 MW
8	WED Shun II, LLC	Providence County	2019	3 MW
9	WED Shun III, LLC	Providence County	2019	3 MW
10	WED Coventry 5	Kent County	2017	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 Rhode Island

How many wind farms are in Rhode Island?: Rhode Island has 19 operating utility-scale wind farms with 0.1 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest wind farm in Rhode Island?: Block Island Wind Farm in Washington County, Rhode Island is the largest, at 30 MW. It came online in 2016.
How many wind farms were built in Rhode Island in 2025?: 0 wind farms came online in Rhode Island in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing wind farms in Rhode Island?: 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.