916 turbines in one project. It is more than three times bigger than anything else in the country — and it is not in the state that makes the most wind power.
The SunZia Wind Project in New Mexico was slated to begin commercial operations in June 2026 — by April some of its turbines were already sending power to the grid in a testing phase. It has 916 turbines and a capacity of 3,650 megawatts.
Basis: U.S. Energy Information Administration, “Largest wind farm in the United States slated to begin commercial operations” (June 12, 2026)
That is more than three times the size of the next two biggest wind farms — Alta Wind in California (1,098 MW) and Great Prairie in Texas (1,027 MW).
Basis: Same EIA article (capacities of the three largest wind farms)
One project nearly doubled its whole state: New Mexico's wind capacity goes from 3,997 MW to 7,647 MW. Construction started in 2023 — after almost two decades of permitting and planning.
Basis: Same EIA article (state capacity before and after; construction began 2023 after about 20 years of permitting and planning)
Here's the twist: the biggest single wind farm is in New Mexico, but the state that generates the most wind power is Texas — a different question with a different answer.
Basis: This site's wind-power quiz (EIA net generation by state; verified in claims.json, not from the SunZia article)
📊 Sources for the rankings mentioned in this note (links to the original data and retrieval dates) are on each quiz page below.