The United States has 76,051 utility-scale wind turbines generating over 114 gigawatts of electricity — enough to power roughly 30 million homes. This interactive map plots every turbine in the US Wind Turbine Database (USWTDB), maintained by the US Geological Survey, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the American Clean Power Association through 2025. Filter by manufacturer or turbine capacity, click any point for project details, or switch to satellite view to see turbines in their landscape context.
US Wind Energy at a Glance
76,051 turbines installed across 44 states and Puerto Rico (USWTDB, through 2025)
114 GW total nameplate capacity — the largest wind power fleet in the Western Hemisphere
Average turbine: 1.5 MW — but turbines installed after 2020 average over 3 MW, reflecting rapid technology advancement
GE Wind manufactured 45% of all US turbines (34,613 units); Vestas accounts for 23% (17,649)
The largest single turbine in the database is rated at 13 MW
Top 10 States for Wind Turbines
Texas alone accounts for more wind turbines than the next three states combined. The Great Plains corridor — Texas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas — hosts the bulk of the US wind fleet, driven by consistent wind resources and large land areas.
Rank
State
Turbines
Installed Capacity
1
Texas
19,415
38.8 GW
2
Iowa
6,472
12.2 GW
3
Oklahoma
5,597
11.2 GW
4
California
5,510
—
5
Kansas
4,415
7.3 GW
6
Illinois
3,837
6.0 GW
7
Colorado
2,908
5.3 GW
8
Minnesota
2,736
4.7 GW
9
New Mexico
2,305
—
10
Oregon
2,173
3.5 GW
Who Makes America’s Wind Turbines
GE Wind is by far the dominant manufacturer in the US market, with more than 34,000 turbines and a 45% share of the installed fleet. Vestas holds second place at 23%, followed by Siemens, Gamesa, and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (which merged in 2017). The market is notably concentrated — the top three manufacturers account for over 75% of all US turbines.
GE Wind — 34,613 turbines, 71.4 GW
Vestas — 17,649 turbines, 41.0 GW
Siemens — 4,689 turbines, 11.0 GW
Gamesa — 2,999 turbines, 5.6 GW
Siemens Gamesa — 2,765 turbines, 8.0 GW
Nordex — 1,917 turbines, 6.7 GW
How to Use This Map
Filter by manufacturer to see the geographic footprint of GE Wind, Vestas, or any other maker
Filter by capacity to distinguish older small turbines (under 1 MW) from modern utility-scale machines (3+ MW)
Switch to Satellite using the layer control (top right) to see turbines in their landscape context
Click any cluster to zoom in; click an individual turbine for project name, manufacturer, rated capacity, hub height, and installation year
Analyze Area: click the button then click any point on the map to count turbines within a chosen radius (5–100 miles) and identify the nearest turbine to that location
Explore Wind Turbines by State
Each state page shows a filtered map, the top wind farms by capacity, the leading manufacturer, and how the state ranks nationally. Select a state to explore:
Turbine locations and attributes come from the US Wind Turbine Database (USWTDB), a collaboration between the US Geological Survey (USGS), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the American Clean Power Association. The database is updated periodically and includes all utility-scale turbines (generally 100 kW and above) with confirmed locations derived from satellite imagery. Turbine capacities, hub heights, and project details are sourced from FAA obstruction evaluations, EIA Form 860, and industry disclosures. Some older records include sentinel values (−9999) where specific attributes are unavailable.
I'm Daniel O'Donohue, the voice and creator behind The MapScaping Podcast ( A podcast for the geospatial community ). With a professional background as a geospatial specialist, I've spent years harnessing the power of spatial to unravel the complexities of our world, one layer at a time.
