How many wind farms are in Wisconsin?

Wisconsin has 13 operating utility-scale wind farms with 0.8 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest wind farm in Wisconsin?

Glacier Hills in Columbia County, Wisconsin is the largest, at 162 MW. It came online in 2011.

How many wind farms were built in Wisconsin in 2025?

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

Who is developing wind farms in Wisconsin?

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 Wisconsin

Wisconsin has 13 operating wind farms with 0.8 GW of capacity.

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See planned wind farms in Wisconsin

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 50 MW50–249 MW250 MW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Wisconsin had 11 wind farms online in 2016 and 13 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 Wisconsin

Operating, by capacity

#	Wind farm	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Glacier Hills	Columbia County	2011	162 MW
2	Blue Sky Green Field Wind Project	Fond Du Lac County	2008	145 MW
3	Forward Wind Energy Center	Dodge County	2009	129 MW
4	Quilt Block Wind Farm LLC	Lafayette County	2017	98 MW
5	Red Barn Energy	Grant County	2023	92 MW
6	Cedar Ridge	Fond Du Lac County	2008	68 MW
7	Butler Ridge	Dodge County	2009	54 MW
8	Montfort Wind Energy Center	Iowa County	2002	30 MW
9	Shirley Wind	Brown County	2010	20 MW
10	Wind Turbine	Kewaunee County	1999	11 MW

Wind farms that came online most recently in Wisconsin

Newest first

#	Wind farm	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Red Barn Energy	Grant County	2023	92 MW
2	Quilt Block Wind Farm LLC	Lafayette County	2017	98 MW
3	Galactic Wind	Dane County	2012	10 MW
4	Waxdale	Racine County	2012	3 MW
5	Cashton Greens Wind Farm	Monroe County	2012	5 MW
6	Glacier Hills	Columbia County	2011	162 MW
7	Shirley Wind	Brown County	2010	20 MW
8	Forward Wind Energy Center	Dodge County	2009	129 MW
9	Butler Ridge	Dodge County	2009	54 MW
10	Cedar Ridge	Fond Du Lac County	2008	68 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 Wisconsin

How many wind farms are in Wisconsin?: Wisconsin has 13 operating utility-scale wind farms with 0.8 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest wind farm in Wisconsin?: Glacier Hills in Columbia County, Wisconsin is the largest, at 162 MW. It came online in 2011.
How many wind farms were built in Wisconsin in 2025?: 0 wind farms came online in Wisconsin in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing wind farms in Wisconsin?: 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.