How many wind farms are in Texas?

Texas has 230 operating utility-scale wind farms with 45 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest wind farm in Texas?

Great Prairie Wind in Hansford County, Texas is the largest, at 1,027 MW. It came online in 2022.

How many wind farms were built in Texas in 2025?

8 wind farms came online in Texas in 2025, with 1,667 MW of capacity.

Who is developing wind farms in Texas?

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 Texas

Texas has 230 operating wind farms with 45 GW of capacity. 8 came online in 2025.

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Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

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Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Texas had 127 wind farms online in 2016 and 230 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 Texas

Operating, by capacity

#	Wind farm	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Great Prairie Wind	Hansford County	2022	1,027 MW
2	Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center	Taylor County	2006	736 MW
3	Capricorn Ridge Wind LLC	Sterling County	2008	663 MW
4	Aviator Wind	Coke County	2021	525 MW
5	White Mesa Wind	Crockett County	2021	501 MW
6	Young Wind	Young County	2022	500 MW
7	High Lonesome Wind Power, LLC Hybrid	Upton County	2023	500 MW
8	Maverick Creek Wind	Concho County	2022	492 MW
9	Hale Community Wind Farm	Hale County	2019	478 MW
10	Mesquite Star	Nolan County	2020	419 MW

Wind farms that came online most recently in Texas

Newest first

#	Wind farm	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Hubbard Wind II	Hill County	2026	305 MW
2	Lazbuddie Wind Energy LLC	Parmer County	2026	265 MW
3	La Casa Wind	Stephens County	2025	150 MW
4	Monte Cristo 1	Hidalgo County	2025	239 MW
5	Lane City Wind	Wharton County	2025	203 MW
6	Hart Wind	Castro County	2025	166 MW
7	Prairie Switch Wind LLC	Wharton County	2025	163 MW
8	Peyton Creek Wind Farm II	Matagorda County	2025	243 MW
9	El Sauz Ranch Wind, LLC	Willacy County	2025	301 MW
10	Montgomery Ranch Wind Farm, LLC	Foard County	2025	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 Texas

How many wind farms are in Texas?: Texas has 230 operating utility-scale wind farms with 45 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest wind farm in Texas?: Great Prairie Wind in Hansford County, Texas is the largest, at 1,027 MW. It came online in 2022.
How many wind farms were built in Texas in 2025?: 8 wind farms came online in Texas in 2025, with 1,667 MW of capacity.
Who is developing wind farms in Texas?: 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.