Wind power in Indiana was limited to a few small water-pumping windmills on farms until 2008 with construction of Indiana's first utility-scale wind power facility, Goodland (phase I) with a nameplate capacity of 130 MW. As of March of 2024, Indiana had a total of 2,743 MW of wind power capacity installed, ranking it 12th among U.S. states.[1] Wind power was responsible for 4.8% of in-state electricity production in 2016.[2]
The main utility-scale development up to 2016 has been in the northwest part of the state in Benton, White, and Jasper Counties. As of May 2017, Fowler Ridge Wind Farm was completed and has a final nameplate capacity of 750 MW, making it the Midwest's largest wind farm, and one of the largest in the world. Wind energy growth in Indiana continues, with 15 projects currently online, continually increasing the total installed capacity of the state.[3][4]
- ^ "Fuel Facts: Wind Energy". Indiana Office of Energy Development. December 2020.
- ^ "Indiana Wind Energy" (PDF). U.S. Wind Energy State Facts. American Wind Energy Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 1, 2018. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
- ^ "Indiana Wind Energy" (PDF). American Wind Energy Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 1, 2018.
- ^ "Meadow Lake Update" (PDF). Horizon Wind Energy. July 15, 2009. Retrieved March 16, 2010. [dead link]
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