At the end of 2016, the installed capacity for wind power in Minnesota was 3,500 megawatts (MW). Wind power generated nearly 18 percent of Minnesota’s electricity in 2016, ranking sixth in the nation for wind energy as a share of total electricity generation.[1] [2]
Large wind farms in Minnesota include the Buffalo Ridge Wind Farm (225 MW), the Fenton Wind Farm (205.5 MW), the Nobles Wind Farm (201 MW), the Odell Wind Farm (200 MW) and the Bent Tree Wind Farm (201 MW).[3][4][5][6] [7]
- ^ "Minnesota Department of Commerce". State Energy Office. 2017-05-18.
- ^ "Minnesota Wind Energy" (PDF). American Wind Energy Association. 2016.
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- ^ "21% of Minnesota's electricity came from renewables in 2015" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Commerce, State Energy Office. 2016-04-02.