Official installed capacities  

Year	Capacity (MW)	Growth (%)	Onshore share (MW)	Offshore share (MW)
1997	1,673
1998	1,820
1999	2,534
2000	2,564
2001	4,258
2002	4,685
2003	6,370
2004	6,725
2005	9,149
2006	11,603
2007	16,819
2008	25,170
2009	35,159
2010	40,200
2011	46,919
2012	60,007
2013	61,108
2014	65,754
2015	74,347
2016	82,033
2017	89,047
2018	96,665
2019	105,433
2020	122,328
2021	132,738
2022	140,862
2023	150,455
2024	154,609
2025	158,826

Zones (*)  

Zone	Connected capacity (MW)	Share (%)
Texas
Oklahoma
Iowa
Kansas
Illinois
California
Colorado
New Mexico
Minnesota
North Dakota
Wyoming
Oregon
Michigan
South Dakota
Indiana
Nebraska
Washington
New York
Missouri
Montana
Offshore
Pennsylvania
Arizona
Maine
Idaho
Ohio
West Virginia
Wisconsin
North Carolina
Utah
Hawaii
New Hampshire
Mississippi
Maryland
Nevada
Vermont
Arkansas
Massachusetts
Alaska
Rhode Island
Tennessee
New Jersey
Connecticut
Delaware
Unidentified	0,0

Top 10 manufacturers (*)  

Manufacturer	Connected capacity (MW)	Market share (%)
GE Vernova
Vestas
Siemens
Nordex
Siemens-Gamesa
Gamesa
Mitsubishi
Suzlon
Acciona
Senvion
Others	3,460,5
Unidentified	3,018,4

Top 25 turbines (*)  

Turbine	Connected capacity (MW)	Market share (%)
2.8-127
1.5sle
V110/2000
SWT-2.3-108
2.5-116
1.7-100
2.3-116
V120/2200
V150/4000-4200
2.5-127
V100/2000
SWT-2.3-93
V82/1650
V136/3450
1.6-100
V90/3000
V163/4.5MW
1.5xle
G87/2000
S88/2100
N149/4.0-4.5
1.85-87
1.6-82.5
SWT-2.3-101
1.7-103
Others	45,768,8
Unidentified	12,072,5

Turbine power distribution (*)  

Power range	Number of connected turbines	Represented capacity (MW)
Less than 1 MW
1 to 2 MW
2 to 3 MW
3 to 4 MW
4 to 5 MW
5 to 6 MW
6 to 7 MW
7 to 8 MW
More than 8 MW

Wind farm age distribution (*)  

Period	Number of connected wind farms	Number of connected turbines	Represented capacity (MW)
Before 1980
1980 to 1989
1990 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to 2019
Since 2020
Undated

	Databases        USA (windfarms) USA (national report) Americas (windfarms) World (windfarms) All databases

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	Main windfarms in operation SunZia (1,089,0 MW) Traverse Wind Project (840,0 MW) Vineyard Wind 1 (806,0 MW) Revolution Wind (704,0 MW) High Banks Wind (562,8 MW) White Mesa (507,6 MW) Young Wind (499,1 MW) Highland I (495,0 MW) Sagamore (470,8 MW) Flat Ridge II (470,4 MW) Cheyenne Ridge (444,4 MW) Hale Wind (432,0 MW) Mesquite Star (418,9 MW) South Hurlburt (409,8 MW) Grande Prairie (400,0 MW)

	Recent windfarms Lotus Wind (200,0 MW) Revolution Wind (704,0 MW) Monte Cristo I (238,5 MW) Crossover Wind (135,0 MW) El Sauz (301,5 MW) Horizon Hill (204,0 MW) Prairie Switch Wind (163,2 MW) Solano IV (85,5 MW) Prescott (38,7 MW) White Rock (US) (102,0 MW)

	Legend #ND: no data (*): according to The Wind Power database

	Update for this sheet 29 March 2026