How many wind farms are in North Dakota?

North Dakota has 42 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 North Dakota?

Aurora Wind Project in Williams County, North Dakota is the largest, at 299 MW. It came online in 2021.

How many wind farms were built in North Dakota in 2025?

1 wind farm came online in North Dakota in 2025, with 200 MW of capacity.

Who is developing wind farms in North Dakota?

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 North Dakota

North Dakota has 42 operating wind farms with 5.0 GW of capacity. 1 came online in 2025.

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See planned wind farms in North Dakota

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 50 MW50–249 MW250 MW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

North Dakota had 29 wind farms online in 2016 and 42 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 North Dakota

Operating, by capacity

#	Wind farm	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Aurora Wind Project	Williams County	2021	299 MW
2	Badger Wind, LLC	McIntosh County	2026	250 MW
3	Bison 4 Wind Energy Center	Morton County	2015	205 MW
4	Courtenay Wind Farm	Stutsman County	2016	200 MW
5	Emmons-Logan Wind, LLC	Emmons County	2019	200 MW
6	Bowman Wind	Bowman County	2025	200 MW
7	Burke Wind, LLC	Burke County	2020	199 MW
8	Oliver Wind IV	Oliver County	2024	199 MW
9	Tatanka Wind Power LLC	Dickey County	2008	180 MW
10	Thunder Spirit Wind, LLC	Adams County	2018	156 MW

Wind farms that came online most recently in North Dakota

Newest first

#	Wind farm	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Badger Wind, LLC	McIntosh County	2026	250 MW
2	Bowman Wind	Bowman County	2025	200 MW
3	Oliver Wind IV	Oliver County	2024	199 MW
4	Aurora Wind Project	Williams County	2021	299 MW
5	Burke Wind, LLC	Burke County	2020	199 MW
6	Merricourt Wind Energy Center	McIntosh County	2020	150 MW
7	Foxtail Wind, LLC	Dickey County	2020	150 MW
8	Emmons-Logan Wind, LLC	Emmons County	2019	200 MW
9	Glen Ullin Energy Center	Morton County	2019	107 MW
10	New Frontier Wind	McHenry County	2018	100 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 North Dakota

How many wind farms are in North Dakota?: North Dakota has 42 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 North Dakota?: Aurora Wind Project in Williams County, North Dakota is the largest, at 299 MW. It came online in 2021.
How many wind farms were built in North Dakota in 2025?: 1 wind farm came online in North Dakota in 2025, with 200 MW of capacity.
Who is developing wind farms in North Dakota?: 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.