The most wind capacity was installed in Michigan (136 MW), followed by Minnesota (48 MW), New Mexico (20 MW) and New York (10 MW)

The trade group says projects are being developed in 21 states led by Texas with more than 8GW under construction followed by Iowa, Kansas and North Dakota, with more than 1GW, 700MW and 600MW, respectively.

AWEA identified several large Texas projects including 500MW South Plains owned by Westerly Wind, 400MW Texas Wind Farm owned by New Generation Power and a partner, and 300MW Green Pastures owned by Capital Dynamics, a Swiss-based global fund manager.

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