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Wind farms in Alberta

We track 63 wind farms in Alberta, Canada: 48 operating, with 5.8 GW, and 3.0 GW being built, consented or planned. These are the 25 largest operating today, by capacity. Click a farm for its owners, turbines and location.

#Wind farmTypeCapacityOnlineOwner
1Buffalo Plains Onshore494 MW2024Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners P/S
2Whitla Wind Onshore353 MW2019
3Jenner Wind Onshore303 MW2023
4Blackspring Ridge Wind Onshore299 MW2014EDF/Enbridge
5Sharp Hills Onshore297 MW2024
6Forty Mile Bow Island - Phase 1 Onshore280 MW2025
7Cypress Onshore247 MW2022Community Ownership - Kainai Nation (Blood Tribe)
8Forty Mile Wind (Granlea) Onshore228 MW2022
9Windrise Onshore206 MW2021TransAlta Corp
10Wild Rose 2 Onshore192 MW2025
11PaintEarth Onshore190 MW2024
12Grizzly Bear Creek Wind Onshore152 MW2023
13Lanfine Onshore151 MW2023Pattern Energy
14Halkirk Wind Onshore149 MW2012Capital Power Corp
15Hand Hills Onshore145 MW2023BluEarth Renewables
16Winnifred Wind Onshore136 MW2024Enerfin Resources Co
17Summerview Onshore136 MW2002TransAlta Corp
18Garden Plain Onshore130 MW2023TransAlta Corp
19Rattlesnake Ridge Wind Project Onshore130 MW2022Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co
20Halkirk Wind 2 Onshore126 MW2024Capital Power Corp
21Wheatland WAGF Project Onshore122 MW2022
22Stirling Onshore113 MW2023
23Castle Rock Ridge Onshore106 MW2012Enel Green Power SpA
24Riverview Wind Power Plant Onshore105 MW2020
25Hilda Onshore100 MW2023Renewable Energy Systems (RES)

Operating farms only, by installed capacity as the registers record it: national registers where a country has one, and Global Energy Monitor's Global Wind Power Tracker (CC BY 4.0) elsewhere. Totals are of the farms we track and can differ from official statistics. Figures are indicative and can differ from developers' own; see methods.

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