Wind power in Indiana - wikipedia Wind power in Indiana Benton Cty Fowler Ridge Meadow Lake Hoosier Union City Headwaters Carthage Haubstadt Kokomo LaGrange Wildcat I Wind power projects in Indiana Operating Under construction Stand Alone Facilities Wind power in Indiana was limited to a few small water - pumping windmills on farms until 2008 with construction of Indiana 's first utility - scale wind power facility, Goodland ( phase I ) with a nameplate capacity of 130 MW. As of January 2016, Indiana had a total of 1895 MW of wind power capacity installed, ranking it 12th among U.S. states. The main utility - scale development up to 2016 has been in the northwest part of the state in Benton, White, and Jasper Counties. Fowler Ridge phase III should be completed later in 2010, to give a final nameplate capacity of 750 MW, making Fowler Ridge the Midwest 's largest wind farm, and one of the largest in the world. Phases II - VI at Meadow Lake, when complete, will make Meadow Lake even larger at 1000 MW. Contents 1 Installed capacity and wind resources 2 Wind generation 3 Wind farms 4 Single - unit turbines 5 Environmental impact 6 See also 7 References Installed capacity and wind resources The following table compares the growth in wind power installed nameplate capacity in MW for Indiana and the entire United States since 2003. Year Indiana US 2003 0 6,370 0 6,725 2005 0 9,149 2006 0 11,603 2007 0 16,819 2008 130 25,170 2009 1036 35,159 1238 40,180 2011 1340 46,919 2012 1543 60,007 2013 1544 61,110 Installed capacity by state as of 2013 ( animated map of installed capacity growth ) Average annual wind power density map for Indiana at 50m above ground The National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimates that Indiana has the potential to install up to 148 GW of onshore wind power nameplate capacity, generating 443 TWh annually. For comparison, Indiana consumed 106.549 TWh of electricity in 2005 ; while the entire U.S. wind power industry generated approximately 50 TWh in 2008 ; and Three Gorges Dam ( the world 's largest electricity - generating station ) produced an average of 80 TWh / yr in 2008 and 2009. Indiana also has some offshore wind resources in the shallows of Lake Michigan along its shoreline. However, offshore wind power development is far behind onshore development in the United States generally, because onshore development is cheaper and the United States has an abundance of suitable onshore sites to develop. Indiana has no offshore wind farms as of 2017. Wind generation Indiana wind generation by month. Indiana Wind Generation in 2015 Indiana Wind Generation ( GWh, Million kWh ) Year Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec 2012 3,163 416 307 374 386 212 185 113 94 162 324 234 357 2013 3,481 450 276 334 396 303 184 138 92 155 297 449 405 2014 3,495 415 252 323 388 304 190 167 101 158 325 507 366 2015 4,516 411 413 424 425 365 272 176 165 214 517 554 580 2016 3,885 656 572 510 451 403 280 164 148 241 460 Source : Wind farms Map all coordinates using OSM Map all coordinates using Google Export all coordinates as KML Export all coordinates as GPX Map all microformatted coordinates Place data as RDF The following table of wind farms and utility - scale wind power developments uses data from the AWEA, the State of Indiana, and other sources. For the larger projects constructed in phases, the table lists separate information for each phase. The name of each wind farm is the name used by the energy company when referring to the farm. The Wind Farm suffix is implied and hence removed for brevity. For more details and references for each wind farm, see its article. Wind farm County ( s ) Turbine model Power per turbine ( MW ) No. of Turbines Total Nameplate Capacity ( MW ) Online Developer Operator Power purchaser Benton County phase I Benton GE sl / sle Gen4 1.5 87 130.5 2008 - 04 Orion Energy Orion Energy Duke, Vectren 40 ° 41 ′ 10 '' N 87 ° 24 ′ 29 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.686 ° N 87.408 ° W ﻿ / 40.686 ; - 87.408 ﻿ ( `` Benton County Wind Farm phase I '' ) Fowler Ridge phase I Vestas Benton Vestas V82 1.65 182 300.3 2009 - 04 BP, Dominion BP, Dominion AEP, Dominion 40 ° 36 ′ 29 '' N 87 ° 19 ′ 12 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.608 ° N 87.320 ° W ﻿ / 40.608 ; - 87.320 ﻿ ( `` Fowler Ridge Wind Farm phase I Vestas '' ) Fowler Ridge phase I Clipper Benton Clipper 2.5 2.5 40 100 2009 - 04 BP, Dominion BP, Dominion AEP, Dominion 40 ° 36 ′ 29 '' N 87 ° 19 ′ 12 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.608 ° N 87.320 ° W ﻿ / 40.608 ; - 87.320 ﻿ ( `` Fowler Ridge Wind Farm phase I Clipper '' ) Fowler Ridge phase II Benton GE sl / sle Gen4 1.5 133 199.5 2009 - 12 BP, Dominion BP, Dominion AEP, Vectren 40 ° 36 ′ 29 '' N 87 ° 19 ′ 12 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.608 ° N 87.320 ° W ﻿ / 40.608 ; - 87.320 ﻿ ( `` Fowler Ridge Wind Farm phase II '' ) Headwaters Randolph Vestas V110 100 200 December 2014 EDP Renewables North America Indiana Michigan Power Hoosier Benton REpower 53 106 2009 - 08 IPL, enXco IPL, enXco IPL 40 ° 36 ′ N 87 ° 19 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.6 ° N 87.32 ° W ﻿ / 40.6 ; - 87.32 ﻿ ( `` Hoosier Wind Farm '' ) Meadow Lake phase I White Vestas V82 1.65 121 199.65 October 2009 Horizon Wind Energy EDP Renewables North America AEP, wholesale market 40 ° 36 ′ 04 '' N 86 ° 51 ′ 54 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.601 ° N 86.865 ° W ﻿ / 40.601 ; - 86.865 ﻿ ( `` Meadow Lake Wind Farm phase I '' ) Meadow Lake phase II White Acciona 1.5 66 99 June 2010 Horizon Wind Energy EDP Renewables North America 40 ° 36 ′ 04 '' N 86 ° 51 ′ 54 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.601 ° N 86.865 ° W ﻿ / 40.601 ; - 86.865 ﻿ ( `` Meadow Lake Wind Farm phase II '' ) Meadow Lake phase III White GE 1.5 69 103.5 October 2010 Horizon Wind Energy EDP Renewables North America 40 ° 36 ′ 04 '' N 86 ° 51 ′ 54 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.601 ° N 86.865 ° W ﻿ / 40.601 ; - 86.865 ﻿ ( `` Meadow Lake Wind Farm phase III '' ) Meadow Lake phase IV White Suzlon 47 98.7 October 2010 Horizon Wind Energy EDP Renewables North America 40 ° 36 ′ 04 '' N 86 ° 51 ′ 54 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.601 ° N 86.865 ° W ﻿ / 40.601 ; - 86.865 ﻿ ( `` Meadow Lake Wind Farm phase IV '' ) Prairie Breeze Tipton 1.6 94 150 Juwi 40 ° 21 ′ 40 '' N 86 ° 09 ′ 07 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.361 ° N 86.152 ° W ﻿ / 40.361 ; - 86.152 ﻿ ( `` Prairie Breeze Wind Farm '' ) Union City / Randolph Eastern School Corporation Randolph Nordic Windpower 2010 - 02 Performance Services Union City, Randolph Eastern School Corporation AEP 40 ° 12 ′ 04 '' N 84 ° 48 ′ 54 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.201 ° N 84.815 ° W ﻿ / 40.201 ; - 84.815 ﻿ ( `` Union City / Randolph Eastern School Corporation '' ) Wildcat phase I Madison, Tipton GE 1.6 125 200 2012 - 10 E. ON E. ON AEP 40 ° 21 ′ 07 '' N 85 ° 52 ′ 55 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.352 ° N 85.882 ° W ﻿ / 40.352 ; - 85.882 ﻿ ( `` Wildcat Wind Farm phase I '' ) Wildcat phase II Grant, Howard 40 - 60 ( proposed ) E. ON 40 ° 28 ′ 48 '' N 85 ° 51 ′ 36 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.480 ° N 85.860 ° W ﻿ / 40.480 ; - 85.860 ﻿ ( `` Wildcat Wind Farm phase II '' ) Wildcat phase III Tipton 40 - 75 ( proposed ) E. ON Wildcat phase IV Tipton ( proposed ) E. ON Single - unit turbines In addition to the above wind farms, single stand - alone units have also been built in multiple other locations, mostly at schools. Some of these units were placed to test the environment for future wind energy development. Location County Owner Wind speed ( m / s ) Power ( Kw ) Middletown Henry Shenandoah School Corporation 900 Carthage Shelby 7.7 / 99m Haubstadt Gibson South Gibson School Corporation 6.1 / 99m Kokomo Howard Northwestern School Corporation 7.0 / 99m LaGrange LaGrange 7.0 / 99m Upland Grant Taylor University Francesville Pulaski County West Central School Corporation 6.9 900 Environmental impact According to the USDOE, each 1000 MW of wind power capacity installed in Indiana will annually save 1,684 million gallons of water and eliminate 3.1 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions. For comparison, Indiana emitted a total of 1,883 lbs / MWh of carbon dioxide in 2015. As of March 2010 Indiana lacked a renewable energy standard, unlike several other midwestern states : Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri and Iowa. Nevertheless, Indiana 's wind power development had outpaced that of Ohio and Michigan. See also Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wind power in Indiana. Indiana Energy Production Index of Indiana - related articles List of U.S. states by carbon dioxide emissions List of wind farms in the United States Outline of Indiana References Jump up ^ Installed Wind Capacity, U.S. Department of Energy, 3 April 2016 Jump up ^ `` Meadow Lake Update '' ( PDF ). Horizon Wind Energy. 2009 - 07 - 15. Retrieved 2010 - 03 - 16. ^ Jump up to : `` U.S. Wind Energy Projects - Indiana ''. American Wind Energy Association. 2010 - 09 - 30. Retrieved 2011 - 03 - 07. Jump up ^ `` Estimates of Windy Land Area and Wind Energy Potential by State for Areas > = 30 % Capacity Factor at 80m '' ( XLS ). National Renewable Energy Laboratory. 2010 - 02 - 04. Retrieved 2010 - 03 - 13. Jump up ^ `` Indiana Wind Activities ''. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. 2010 - 02 - 19. Retrieved 2010 - 03 - 13. Jump up ^ `` Electric Power and Renewable Energy in Indiana ''. USDOE, EERE. 2008 - 06 - 25. Retrieved 2010 - 03 - 13. Jump up ^ Bradley, David ( 2004 - 02 - 06 ). `` A Great Potential : The Great Lakes as a Regional Renewable Energy Source '' ( PDF ). Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 2009 - 03 - 25. Retrieved 2008 - 10 - 04. Jump up ^ `` Great Lakes eyed for offshore wind farms ''. MSNBC, Associated Press. 2008 - 10 - 31. Retrieved 2008 - 11 - 14. Jump up ^ `` Momentum Grows for Great Lakes Offshore Wind ''. NewEnergyNews. 2008 - 10 - 31. Retrieved 2008 - 11 - 15. Jump up ^ EIA ( July 27, 2012 ). `` Electric Power Monthly Table 1.17. A. ''. United States Department of Energy. Retrieved 2012 - 08 - 15. Jump up ^ EIA ( July 27, 2012 ). `` Electric Power Monthly Table 1.17. B. ''. United States Department of Energy. Retrieved 2012 - 08 - 15. Jump up ^ EIA ( February 2013 ). `` Electric Power Monthly Table 1.17. A. '' ( PDF ). United States Department of Energy. Retrieved 2013 - 05 - 24. Jump up ^ EIA ( February 2016 ). `` Electric Power Monthly Table 1.17. A. '' ( PDF ). United States Department of Energy. Retrieved 2016 - 04 - 03. Jump up ^ `` Indiana Office of Energy Development - Wind Power ''. IN.gov - Official Website of the State of Indiana. Retrieved 2010 - 03 - 23. Jump up ^ ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/91911.pdf Jump up ^ http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=39751 Jump up ^ http://www.taylor.edu/sciencecomplex/about/wind-turbines.shtml Jump up ^ http://www.wcsc.k12.in.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65:wind-turbine&catid=2&Itemid=214 Jump up ^ Lantz, Eric ; Tegen, Suzanne ( May 2008 ). `` Economic Benefits, Carbon Dioxide ( CO2 ) Emissions Reductions, and Water Conservation Benefits from 1,000 Megawatts ( MW ) of New Wind Power in Indiana '' ( PDF, 503kB ). EERE, NREL. Retrieved 2010 - 03 - 17. Jump up ^ `` EIA - State Electricity Profiles ''. www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2017 - 09 - 25. Jump up ^ http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/downloads/CO2FFC_2007.pdf Jump up ^ http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/downloads/CO2FFC_2007.xls Jump up ^ Slabaugh, Seth ( 2010 - 01 - 11 ). `` Indiana not promoting wind energy like its neighbors ''. Retrieved 2010 - 03 - 23. Power stations in Indiana Operating coal - fired generating stations A.B. Brown Bailly Cayuga Clifty Creek Crawfordsville Municipal F.B. Culley Eagle Valley Edwardsport R. Gallagher Gibson Jasper Municipal Merom Michigan City Dean H. Mitchell Noblesville Peru Municipal Petersburg H.T. Pritchard Frank E. Ratts Rockport R.M. Schahfer Wabash River Warrick Whitewater Valley Decommissioned coal - fired generating stations Harding Sreet Logansport Perry K. 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