🌬 Wind Power Plants in California
California operates 134 wind power plants totaling 6,444 MW of nameplate capacity. Annual generation: 14.0M MWh.
Wind farms harvest kinetic energy from moving air using large rotor blades coupled to generators. Like solar, they produce zero emissions but vary with weather. Onshore wind capacity factors typically run 30–45%; offshore can exceed 50%.
Plants134operating
Capacity6,444 MWnameplate
Generation14.0M MWhannual
All California wind plants
| Plant | City | County | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocotillo Express Llc | Ocotillo | Imperial County | 265 MW | Pattern Operators Lp |
| Solano Wind | Rio Vista | Solano County | 228 MW | Sacramento Municipal Util Dist |
| Manzana Wind Llc | Rosamond | Kern County | 189 MW | Avangrid Power Llc |
| Alta Wind Energy Center V | Mojave | Kern County | 168 MW | Alta Wind V, Llc |
| Pinyon Pine I | Mojave | Kern County | 168 MW | Pinyon Pines Wind I, Llc |
| High Winds Llc | Birds Landing | Solano County | 162 MW | Fple High Winds, Llc |
| North Sky River Energy Llc | Weldon | Kern County | 162 MW | North Sky River Energy Llc |
| Pacific Wind Llc | Rosamond | Kern County | 152 MW | Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc. |
| Shiloh I Wind Project | Rio Vista | Solano County | 150 MW | Avangrid Power Llc |
| Shiloh Wind Project 2 Llc | Birds Landing | Solano County | 150 MW | Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc. |
| Alta Wind Energy Center I | Mojave | Kern County | 150 MW | Alta Wind I, Llc |
| Alta Wind Energy Center Ii | Mojave | Kern County | 150 MW | Alta Wind Ii, Llc |
| Alta Wind Energy Center Iii | Mojave | Kern County | 150 MW | Alta Wind Iii, Llc |
| Mustang Hills Llc | Mojave | Kern County | 150 MW | Mustang Hills, Llc (Longroad) |
| Alta Wind Viii | Mojave | Kern County | 150 MW | Nextera Energy Resources |
| Tule Wind Llc | Boulevard | San Diego County | 143 MW | Avangrid Power Llc |
| Alta Wind X | Mojave | Kern County | 138 MW | Alta Wind X, Llc |
| Pine Tree Wind Power Project | Cantil | Kern County | 135 MW | Los Angeles Department Of Water & Power |
| Pinyon Pine Ii | Mojave | Kern County | 132 MW | Pinyon Pines Wind Ii, Llc |
| Voyager Wind I | Mojave | Kern County | 131 MW | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind |
| Voyager Wind Ii | Mojave | Kern County | 129 MW | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind |
| Windstar 1 | Tehachapi | Kern County | 120 MW | Nextera Energy Resources |
| Shiloh Iii Wind Project Llc | Birds Landing | Solano County | 103 MW | Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc. |
| Shiloh Iv Wind Project Llc | Birds Landing | Solano County | 103 MW | Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc. |
| Alta Wind Energy Center Iv | Mojave | Kern County | 102 MW | Alta Wind Iv, Llc |
| Brookfield Tehachapi 1 | Mojave | Kern County | 102 MW | Coram California Development, L.p. |
| Hatchet Ridge Wind Project | Burney | Shasta County | 101 MW | Pattern Operators Lp |
| Rising Tree Wind Farm Iii | Mojave | Kern County | 99 MW | Rising Tree Wind Farm Iii Llc |
| Strauss Wind Farm | Lompoc | Santa Barbara County | 95 MW | Strauss Wind Llc |
| Alta Wind Xi | Mojave | Kern County | 90 MW | Alta Wind Xi, Llc |
| Mojave 16/17/18 | Mojave | Kern County | 89 MW | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind |
| Golden Hills Wind | Livermore | Alameda County | 86 MW | Golden Hills Wind, Llc |
| Rising Tree Wind Farm | Mojave | Kern County | 79 MW | Rising Tree Wind Farm Llc |
| Vasco Winds | Livermore | Contra Costa County | 78 MW | Vasco Winds, Llc |
| Montezuma Wind Ii | Birds Landing | Solano County | 78 MW | Nextera Energy Montezuma Wind Ii, Llc |
| Mojave 3/4/5 | Mojave | Kern County | 75 MW | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind |
| Mountain View I & Ii | North Palm Springs | Riverside County | 71 MW | Aes Distributed Energy |
| Point Wind | Tehachapi | Kern County | 65 MW | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind |
| Whitewater Hill Wind Partners | North Palm Springs | Riverside County | 62 MW | Shell Wind Energy Inc. |
| Coachella Hills Wind | Palm Springs | Riverside County | 61 MW | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind |
| Oasis Wind | Mojave | Kern County | 60 MW | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind |
| Sky River Wind Energy Center | Tehachapi | Kern County | 60 MW | Sky River Wind Llc |
| Cameron Ridge Llc | Mojave | Kern County | 60 MW | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind |
| Summit Winds | Livermore | Alameda County | 58 MW | Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation |
| Kumeyaay Wind | Campo | San Diego County | 50 MW | Leeward Asset Management, Llc |
| San Gorgonio Windplant Wpp1993 | North Palm Springs | Riverside County | 50 MW | Fpl Energy Operating Services, Inc. |
| Mountain View Iv | North Palm Springs | Riverside County | 49 MW | Aes Distributed Energy |
| Painted Hills Wind Park | Whitewater | Riverside County | 47 MW | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind |
| Ridgetop | Mojave | Kern County | 47 MW | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind |
| Golden Hills North Wind Energy Center | Livermore | Alameda County | 46 MW | Golden Hills Interconnection Wind, Llc |
| Dillon Wind Llc | North Palm Springs | Riverside County | 45 MW | Avangrid Power Llc |
| San Gorgonio Westwinds Ii Llc | North Palm Springs | Riverside County | 43 MW | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind |
| Voyager Wind Iii | Mojave | Kern County | 43 MW | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind |
| Cabazon Wind Partners | Cabazon | Riverside County | 41 MW | Shell Wind Energy Inc. |
| Salka Cabazon Wind | North Palm Springs | Riverside County | 39 MW | Salka Cabazon Wind Llc |
| Buena Vista Energy Llc | Byron | Contra Costa County | 38 MW | Leeward Asset Management, Llc |
| Fpl Energy Montezuma Winds Llc | Birds Landing | Solano County | 37 MW | Fpl Energy Montezuma Wind |
| Oak Creek Energy Systems I | Mojave | Kern County | 35 MW | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind |
| Mesa Wind Power Llc | North Palm Springs | Riverside County | 34 MW | Brookfield Renewable Trading And Marketing Lp |
| San Gorgonio Farms Wind Farm | Whitewater | Riverside County | 31 MW | San Gorgonio Farms Inc |
| Mesa Wind Repower | Whitewater | Riverside County | 30 MW | Mesa Wind Repower |
| Am Wind Repower Llc | Whitewater | Riverside County | 29 MW | Brookfield Renewable Trading And Marketing Lp |
| Ridgetop Energy Llc | Mojave | Kern County | 29 MW | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind |
| Tpc Windfarms Llc | Mojave | Kern County | 29 MW | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind |
| Difwind Farms Ltd Vi | Mojave | Kern County | 27 MW | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind |
| Victory Garden (Tehachapi) | Tehachapi | Kern County | 26 MW | Wind Stream Operations Llc |
| 85 B | Tehachapi | Kern County | 25 MW | Wind Wall 1 Llc |
| Calportland Company Mojave Wind | Mojave | Kern County | 24 MW | Calportland Company |
| Mountain View Iii | North Palm Springs | Riverside County | 22 MW | Avangrid Power Llc |
| Tehachapi Wind Resource Ii | Tehachapi | Kern County | 22 MW | Calwind Resources Inc |
| Voyager Wind Iv | Mojave | Kern County | 22 MW | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind |
| 85 A | Tehachapi | Kern County | 21 MW | Wind Wall 1 Llc |
| Edom Hills Project 1 Llc | Cathedral City | Riverside County | 20 MW | Edom Hills Project 1 Llc |
| Rising Tree Wind Farm Ii | Mojave | Kern County | 20 MW | Rising Tree Wind Farm Ii Llc |
| Diablo Winds Llc | Livermore | Alameda County | 18 MW | Sequitur Renewables, Llc |
| Dinosaur Point | Los Banos | Merced County | 17 MW | International Turbine Res Inc |
| Edf Renewable Windfarm V Inc | Birds Landing | Solano County | 16 MW | Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc. |
| Oasis Alta | Mojave | Kern County | 14 MW | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind |
| Karen Avenue Wind Farm | North Palm Springs | Riverside County | 12 MW | San Gorgonio Farms Inc |
| Tehachapi Wind Resource I | Tehachapi | Kern County | 9 MW | Calwind Resources Inc |
| Coram Energy Llc (Ect) | Tehachapi | Kern County | 8 MW | Nextera Energy Resources |
| Terra-Gen Vg Wind Llc | Tehachapi | Kern County | 7 MW | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind |
| Coram Tehachapi | Tehachapi | Kern County | 7 MW | Nextera Energy Resources |
| Garnet Wind Energy Center | North Palm Springs | Riverside County | 7 MW | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind |
| Wagner Wind Llc | Palm Springs | Riverside County | 6 MW | Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation |
| Foundation Dole Fresh Vegetables | Soledad | Monterey County | 6 MW | Foundation Ca Fund X Manager Llc |
| Foundation Nwna | Cabazon | Riverside County | 5 MW | Foundation Ca Fund V Manager, Llc |
| Coram Energy Llc (4.5mw) | Tehachapi | Kern County | 5 MW | Nextera Energy Resources |
| Foundation Cemex River Plant | Victorville | San Bernardino County | 3 MW | Foundation Ca Fund Vi Manager Llc |
| East Winds Project | Palm Springs | Riverside County | 3 MW | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind |
| Coram Energy Llc | Tehachapi | Kern County | 3 MW | Nextera Energy Resources |
| Foundation Cemex Bmq | Apple Valley | San Bernardino County | 3 MW | Foundation Ca Fund Vi Manager Llc |
| Helzel & Schwarzhoff 86 | Tehachapi | Kern County | 2 MW | Wind Stream Operations Llc |
| Phoenix Wind Power Llc | North Palm Springs | Riverside County | 2 MW | Avangrid Power Llc |
| Foundation St | Tracy | San Joaquin County | 2 MW | Foundation Ha Energy Generation, Llc |
| Foundation Rrm | Cabazon | Riverside County | 2 MW | Foundation Ca Fund V Manager, Llc |
| Foundation Cdcr Lac | Lancaster | Los Angeles County | 2 MW | Foundation Ca Fund Viii Manager, Llc |
| Foundation Scheid Vineyards | Greenfield | Monterey County | 2 MW | Foundation Ca Fund Viii Manager, Llc |
| Foundation California Training Facility | Soledad | Monterey County | 2 MW | Foundation Ca Fund Ix Manager, Llc |
| Foundation Mann Packing | Gonzales | Monterey County | 2 MW | Foundation Ca Fund Ix Manager, Llc |
| Foundation Saiinas Valley State Prison | Soledad | Monterey County | 2 MW | Foundation Ca Fund Ix Manager, Llc |
| Zco | Tehachapi | Kern County | 2 MW | Wind Stream Operations Llc |
| Anheuser-Busch #2 | Fairfield | Solano County | 2 MW | Foundation Ha Energy Generation, Llc |
| Foundation Ab | Fairfield | Solano County | 2 MW | Foundation Ha Energy Generation, Llc |
| Teichert Materials-Teichert Vernalis | San Joaquin | San Joaquin County | 1 MW | Foundation Ha Energy Generation, Llc |
| Foundation Ie | Rancho Cucamonga | San Bernardino County | 1 MW | Foundation Ha Energy Generation, Llc |
| Foundation Superior Farms | Dixon | Solano County | 1 MW | Foundation Ca Fund Vi Manager Llc |
| Foundation Wal-Mart Red Bluff | Red Bluff | Tehama County | 1 MW | Foundation Ca Fund Vi Manager Llc |
| Foundation Cemex Madison | Madison | Yolo County | 1 MW | Foundation Ca Fund V Manager, Llc |
| Golden Acorn Casino | Campo | San Diego County | 1 MW | Foundation Ha Energy Generation, Llc |
| City Of Soledad Water Reclamation | Soledad | Monterey County | 1 MW | Foundation Ha Energy Generation, Llc |
| Taylor Farms | Gonzales | Monterey County | 1 MW | Foundation Ha Energy Generation, Llc |
| Difwind Farms Ltd Vii | Tracy | Alameda County | — | Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc. |
| Altamont Midway Ltd | Tracy | San Joaquin County | — | Aes Distributed Energy |
| Windland | Mojave | Kern County | — | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind |
| Altech Iii | North Palm Springs | Riverside County | — | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind |
| Santa Clara (85c) | Livermore | Alameda County | — | Aes Distributed Energy |
| Dyer Road | Tracy | San Joaquin County | — | Aes Distributed Energy |
| Esi Project | Tracy | Alameda County | — | Aes Distributed Energy |
| Tres Vaqueros Wind Farms Llc | Livermore | Contra Costa County | — | Pattern Operators Lp |
| Victory Garden Phase Iv Llc | Tehachapi | Kern County | — | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind |
| Terra-Gen 251 Wind Llc | Tehachapi | Kern County | — | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind |
| Difwind Farms Ltd I | Palm Springs | Riverside County | — | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind |
| Difwind Farms Ltd Ii | Palm Springs | Riverside County | — | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind |
| Difwind Farms Ltd V | Palm Springs | Riverside County | — | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind |
| Difwind Farms Ltd Viii | Mojave | Kern County | — | Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc. |
| Patterson Pass | Tracy | Alameda County | — | Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc. |
| Dutch Wind Energy | North Palm Springs | Riverside County | — | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind |
| Ge - Tehachapi | Tehachapi | Kern County | — | Ge Wind Energy Llc |
| Rooney Ranch | Tracy | Alameda County | — | Viracocha Wind Llc |
| Sand Hill A | Tracy | Alameda County | — | Viracocha Wind Llc |
| Sand Hill B | Tracy | Alameda County | — | Viracocha Wind Llc |
| Sand Hill C | Tracy | Alameda County | — | Viracocha Wind Llc |
| Gonzaga Ridge Wind Farm | Hollister | Merced County | — | Gonzaga Ridge Wind Farm, Llc |