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Wind farms in Australia by state: AEMO July 2026

Victoria operates the most NEM wind capacity, 5,480.9 MW in service (AEMO, 31 July 2026).

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Victoria operates the most wind capacity in the National Electricity Market (NEM): 5,480.9 MW in service across 40 sites, according to AEMO’s NEM Generation Information release of 31 July 2026. 1 Across the five NEM states, AEMO lists 269 wind sites with 133,691.3 MW of reported nameplate capacity, and 12,641.9 MW of that is in service. 1 Western Australia is outside the NEM release.

Most of the listed capacity exists only as publicly announced projects. The operating fleet is less than a tenth of everything AEMO lists.

TL;DR

  • Victoria leads on operating wind capacity with 5,480.9 MW in service, almost twice New South Wales (2,826.1 MW). South Australia (2,754.9 MW), Queensland (1,018.5 MW) and Tasmania (561.6 MW) follow. 1
  • Rank the states by everything AEMO lists and the order changes: Victoria 43,950.8 MW, New South Wales 42,734.5 MW, Queensland 34,408.8 MW, Tasmania 6,525.3 MW, South Australia 6,071.9 MW. 1
  • 9.5% of the NEM’s listed wind capacity is in service. 84.1% carries AEMO’s Publicly Announced status. 1
  • South Australia is the most built out, with 45.4% of its listed wind capacity in service. Queensland is the least, at 3.0%, but it has more capacity in commissioning (1,625.4 MW) than in service. 1
  • Seventeen sites named as offshore projects hold 32,452.2 MW, all Publicly Announced. Without them, Victoria would rank third on listed capacity. 1
  • Queensland lists the most wind capacity in sites not named as offshore. 1

How this ranking was built

Every figure in the state ranking and the site tables comes from one source, AEMO’s NEM Generation Information release of 31 July 2026, under our published research standard. 1

  • Source: Australian Energy Market Operator, NEM Generation Information, July 2026, file nem-generation-information-july-2026.xlsx, sheet Generator Information. 1
  • Field: reported nameplate capacity, AEMO’s Aggregated Nameplate Capacity (MW AC). The unit is megawatts, alternating current. 1
  • Inclusion: every row with Technology Type = Wind, grouped by state. 1
  • Merge: generating-unit rows that share a site name and region are summed into one site, leaving 269 sites. 1
  • Exclusion: rows with the status Withdrawn. 1
  • Status: AEMO’s own classes. In Service is operating capacity. In Commissioning, Committed, Anticipated and Publicly Announced are not yet in service. No wind site in the release carries Announced Withdrawal. 1
  • Our arithmetic: the per-state status splits are sums of AEMO’s site figures. Publicly Announced is the state total less every other status. State figures can differ from the NEM total by 0.1 MW because of rounding.

AEMO records these capacities as registry figures. Nameplate capacity is the rating a site is registered at.

Which state has the most wind capacity in service?

Victoria, with 5,480.9 MW in service across 40 sites. 1 The table ranks the five NEM states by that figure and splits the rest of each state’s listed capacity by AEMO status.

Rank State Sites (in service) In service MW (AC) In commissioning MW Committed MW Anticipated MW Publicly announced MW Total listed MW (AC) Share in service
1 Victoria 79 (40) 5,480.9 557 204.6 163.5 37,544.8 43,950.8 12.5%
2 New South Wales 83 (20) 2,826.1 0 414 1,697.4 37,797.0 42,734.5 6.6%
3 South Australia 34 (25) 2,754.9 0 256.2 600 2,460.8 6,071.9 45.4%
4 Queensland 53 (6) 1,018.5 1,625.4 754.4 2,359.5 28,651.1 34,408.8 3.0%
5 Tasmania 20 (4) 561.6 0 0 21 5,942.7 6,525.3 8.6%
NEM total 269 (95) 12,641.9 2,182.4 1,629.2 4,841.4 112,396.5 133,691.3 9.5%

Source: AEMO NEM Generation Information, 31 July 2026; status splits and shares computed from AEMO’s site figures. 1 Victoria’s Committed figure is Delburn Wind Farm, which AEMO marks Committed*. Boco Rock (New South Wales) and Wambo Wind Farm 1 (Queensland) are split across two statuses, as AEMO lists them.

The two rankings answer different questions. On operating capacity, South Australia sits third with 34 sites, because 25 of them are in service. On listed capacity it falls to fifth, since little of its capacity is still to come: 3,317.0 MW not yet in service, against 38,469.9 MW in Victoria and 39,908.4 MW in New South Wales. 1

The largest single sites, by status:

  • Largest in service: Golden Plains Wind Farm East, Victoria, 756.4 MW. 1
  • Largest in commissioning: MacIntyre Wind Farm, Queensland, 923.4 MW. 1
  • Largest listed at any status: Seaspray Off Shore Wind Farm, Victoria, 3,000 MW, Publicly Announced. 1
  • Largest not named as offshore: Collinsville Green Energy Hub, Queensland, 2,839.2 MW, Publicly Announced. 1

How much of the planned wind capacity is offshore?

At least 32,452.2 MW across 17 sites, every one of them Publicly Announced. 1 That’s 28.9% of the NEM’s Publicly Announced wind capacity. The count uses a strict rule: a site qualifies only when its AEMO site name contains “Offshore” or “Off Shore”.

State Sites named offshore MW (AC) Status
Victoria 9 19,226 Publicly Announced
New South Wales 7 12,726.2 Publicly Announced
Tasmania 1 500 Publicly Announced
South Australia 0 0 none
Queensland 0 0 none

Source: site names and capacities from AEMO NEM Generation Information, 31 July 2026; sums computed. 1

The rule undercounts. Orsted Gippsland 01 Windfarm (2,820.5 MW) has no offshore label in its site name, although AEMO records its owner as Orsted Offshore Australia 1 Pty Ltd. 1 It isn’t in the total above.

The decision changes when offshore is set aside. Take the named offshore sites out and Victoria lists 24,724.8 MW, New South Wales 30,008.3 MW and Queensland 34,408.8 MW. Victoria’s lead in listed capacity rests on offshore projects that haven’t reached Committed status, while its lead in operating capacity is onshore.

Which wind farms operate and are planned in Victoria?

Victoria has 79 wind sites in the release. Forty are in service, with 5,480.9 MW. The other 39 hold 38,469.9 MW that isn’t in service yet. 1

Golden Plains is the anchor: the eastern stage is the NEM’s largest wind site in service at 756.4 MW, and its western stage (557 MW) is in commissioning. 1 The developer places the project west, south and south-west of Rokewood, about 60 km north-west of Geelong, and quotes an installed capacity of 1,330 MW for the whole project. 2 Stockyard Hill, the state’s second-largest operating site at 527.6 MW, sits about 150 km west of Melbourne. 1 3 The smallest operating site is Leonards Hill at 4.1 MW. 1

# Site AEMO status Nameplate MW (AC)
1 Seaspray Off Shore Wind Farm Publicly Announced 3,000
2 Deal 1 (West) Off Shore Wind Farm Publicly Announced 2,970
3 Deal 2 (East) Off Shore Wind Farm Publicly Announced 2,968
4 Orsted Gippsland 01 Windfarm Publicly Announced 2,820.5
5 Great Eastern Offshore Wind - KCI Publicly Announced 2,508
6 Star of the South Wind Farm Publicly Announced 2,205
7 Gippsland Dawn Offshore Wind Project Publicly Announced 2,100
8 Blue Mackerel North Off Shore Wind Farm Publicly Announced 1,819
9 Warracknabeal Wind Farm Publicly Announced 1,642.5
10 Greater Southern Offshore Wind - KCI Publicly Announced 1,500
11 Meering West Wind Farm Publicly Announced 1,500
12 High Sea Wind Farm Publicly Announced 1,281
13 Spinifex Offshore Wind Farm Publicly Announced 1,206
14 Southern Winds Offshore Wind Publicly Announced 1,155
15 Boort Wind Farm Publicly Announced 1,000
16 Coleraine Wind Farm - KCI Publicly Announced 1,000
17 Western Tables Wind Farm - KCI Publicly Announced 1,000
18 Strathbogie Ranges Wind Farm Publicly Announced 800
19 Golden Plains Wind Farm East In Service 756.4
20 Hexham Publicly Announced 720.8
21 Kentbruck Green Power Hub Publicly Announced 600
22 Golden Plains Wind Farm West In Commissioning 557
23 Mount Fyans Wind Farm Publicly Announced 550.8
24 Stockyard Hill Wind Farm In Service 527.6
25 Macarthur Wind Farm In Service 420
26 Moreton Hill Wind Farm Publicly Announced 387.6
27 Willatook Publicly Announced 374.4
28 Tall Tree Wind Farm Publicly Announced 342
29 Dundonnell Wind Farm In Service 336
30 Darlington Wind Farm - GPG Publicly Announced 324
31 Moorabool Wind Farm In Service 312
32 Wimmera Plains Wind Farm - KCI Publicly Announced 312
33 Watta Wella Power Station Publicly Announced 306
34 Nyaninyuk Wind Farm Publicly Announced 302.1
35 Berrybank Wind Farm In Service 289.8
36 Ararat Wind Farm In Service 240
37 Koyuga Nanneella Wind Farm Publicly Announced 234
38 Murra Warra Wind Farm - stage 1 In Service 225.7
39 Ryan Corner Wind Farm In Service 218.4
40 Murra Warra Wind Farm - stage 2 In Service 209
41 Delburn Wind Farm Committed* 204.6
42 Bulgana Green Power Hub - Wind Farm In Service 200.8
43 Waubra In Service 192
44 Wimmera Plains Energy Facility Publicly Announced 177.9
45 Mortlake South Wind Farm In Service 157.5
46 Portland Wind Farm In Service 151.7
47 Yendon Wind Farm In Service 144.4
48 Mt Gellibrand Wind Farm In Service 138.6
49 Mt Mercer Wind Farm In Service 131.2
50 Wimmera Plains Energy Facility Stage 2 - KCI Publicly Announced 130
51 Alberton Wind Farm Publicly Announced 122.4
52 Normanville Energy Park Publicly Announced 122.4
53 Bald Hills Wind Farm In Service 106.6
54 Hawkesdale Wind Farm In Service 96.6
55 Inverleigh Wind Farm Anticipated 91.5
56 Elaine Wind Farm In Service 83.6
57 Crowlands Wind Farm In Service 80
58 Woolsthorpe Wind Farm Anticipated 72
59 Oaklands Hill Wind Farm In Service 67.2
60 Cherry Tree Wind Farm In Service 57.6
61 Salt Creek Wind Farm In Service 54
62 Challicum Hills In Service 52.5
63 Rifle Butts Wind Farm Publicly Announced 40
64 Kiata Wind Farm In Service 31.1
65 Yambuk In Service 30
66 Yaloak South Wind Farm In Service 28.7
67 Wombelano Wind Farm Publicly Announced 23.4
68 Toora In Service 21
69 Coonooer Bridge Wind Farm In Service 19.8
70 Mortons Lane Wind Farm In Service 19.5
71 Codrington Wind Farm In Service 18.2
72 Ferguson Wind Farm In Service 12
73 Wonthaggi Wind Farm In Service 12
74 Diapur Wind Farm In Service 8
75 Timboon West Wind Farm In Service 7.2
76 Yawong Wind Farm In Service 7.2
77 Maroona Wind Farm In Service 6.9
78 Chepstowe Wind Farm - VIC In Service 6.2
79 Leonards Hill In Service 4.1

Source: AEMO NEM Generation Information, 31 July 2026, Aggregated Nameplate Capacity (MW AC). 1

Which wind farms operate and are planned in New South Wales?

New South Wales has 83 wind sites in the release, more than any other state. Twenty are in service, with 2,826.1 MW. The other 63 hold 39,908.4 MW, the largest not-yet-in-service total in the NEM. 1

The operating fleet is made of mid-sized sites. The largest is Rye Park at 396 MW, and no New South Wales wind site is in commissioning. 1 One site is Committed (Uungula, 414 MW) and four are Anticipated, led by Valley of the Winds at 936 MW. 1 Seven offshore-named sites account for 12,726.2 MW of the Publicly Announced total. Bango, which AEMO lists as two sites (Bango 973 at 159 MW and Bango 999 at 84.8 MW), is in the Southern Tablelands. 1 3

Five site names in this state mention a battery (BESS). The figures here are the release’s wind rows only. Battery capacity is a separate question, covered in our ranking of the largest battery storage sites in Australia, which draws on AEMO Generation Information.

# Site AEMO status Nameplate MW (AC)
1 Eden Offshore Wind Farm Publicly Announced 2,000
2 Illawarra Offshore Wind Farm Publicly Announced 2,000
3 Novocastrian Offshore Wind Farm Publicly Announced 2,000
4 Ulladulla Offshore Wind Farm Publicly Announced 2,000
5 Eastern Rise Offshore Wind Publicly Announced 1,725
6 South Pacific Offshore Wind Project Publicly Announced 1,601.2
7 Yanco Delta Wind Farm Publicly Announced 1,497.6
8 Hunter Central Coast Offshore Energy (Wind) Publicly Announced 1,400
9 Liverpool Range Wind Farm Publicly Announced 1,332
10 Pottinger Energy Park - Wind - KCI Publicly Announced 1,300
11 The Plains Publicly Announced 1,224
12 Lake Victoria Energy Park - KCI Publicly Announced 1,087.5
13 Baldon Wind Farm Stage 2 Publicly Announced 1,040
14 Valley of the Winds Anticipated 936
15 Argoon Wind Farm (RES Group) - KCI Publicly Announced 763.2
16 Dinawan Energy Hub Publicly Announced 756
17 Skye Ridge Wind Farm Publicly Announced 750.2
18 Winterbourne Wind Farm Publicly Announced 731.6
19 Bendenine Publicly Announced 720
20 Spicers Creek Wind Farm Publicly Announced 702
21 Devlins Wind Farm Publicly Announced 662.7
22 Hargraves Energy Project - Wind Solar And BESS Publicly Announced 600
23 Junction Rivers Wind And BESS Publicly Announced 595.2
24 Piambong Wind Farm - KCI Publicly Announced 583.2
25 Mallee Wind Farm Publicly Announced 547.2
26 Gol Gol Wind Farm Publicly Announced 499.7
27 Bookham WF and BESS Publicly Announced 480
28 Ben Bullen Wind Farm Publicly Announced 460.8
29 Burrendong Wind Farm Publicly Announced 434
30 Milpulling Wind Farm Publicly Announced 432
31 Hills of Gold Wind Farm Publicly Announced 420
32 Uungula Wind Farm Committed 414
33 Hargraves BESS Publicly Announced 407
34 Tchelery Wind Farm and BESS Publicly Announced 403.2
35 Hargaves Wind Farm Publicly Announced 400
36 Kings Plain Wind Farm Publicly Announced 399.6
37 Central Para Wind Farm (KCI) Publicly Announced 399
38 Kerrs Creek Wind Farm Anticipated 396
39 Rye Park Wind Farm In Service 396
40 Bendemeer Renewable Energy Hub - Wind Publicly Announced 380
41 Baldon Wind Farm Publicly Announced 360
42 Bowmans Creek Wind Farm Publicly Announced 346.6
43 Euston Wind Farm - KCI Publicly Announced 330
44 Ilford Green Energy Hub Publicly Announced 322
45 Bullawah Wind Farm – Stage 1 Publicly Announced 312
46 Koorakee Wind Farm Publicly Announced 300
47 Coppabella Hybrid Generator Anticipated 289.8
48 Jeremiah Wind Farm Publicly Announced 288
49 Paling Yards Wind Farm Publicly Announced 286.7
50 Bullawah Wind Farm Stage 2 Publicly Announced 276
51 Sapphire Wind Farm In Service 270
52 Coonerang Wind Farm Publicly Announced 264
53 Ruby Hills North Wind Farm Publicly Announced 248
54 Burroway Energy Hub Publicly Announced 241.8
55 Collector In Service 226.8
56 Wallaby Creek Wind Farm Publicly Announced 216.6
57 White Rock Wind Farm - Stage 2 Publicly Announced 211.5
58 Thunderbolt Wind Farm Publicly Announced 210
59 Aquila Wind Publicly Announced 201.6
60 Silverton Wind Farm In Service 198.9
61 Boco Rock Wind Farm In Service 113; Publicly Announced 79.5 192.5
62 White Rock Wind Farm - Stage 1 In Service 175
63 Gullen Range Wind Farm In Service 165.5
64 Bango 973 Wind Farm In Service 159
65 Flyers Creek Wind Farm In Service 145.5
66 Mount Lambie Wind Farm Publicly Announced 144
67 Crudine Ridge Wind Farm In Service 141.7
68 Capital Wind Farm In Service 140.7
69 Capital 2 Wind Farm Publicly Announced 134.4
70 Conargo Wind Farm - KCI Publicly Announced 130
71 Elderbury Creek Wind Farm Publicly Announced 122.4
72 Bodangora Wind Farm In Service 113.2
73 Gullen Range Wind Farm 2 In Service 110.7
74 Taralga Wind Farm In Service 106.8
75 Crookwell 2 Wind Farm In Service 96
76 Bango 999 Wind Farm In Service 84.8
77 Upper Hunter Energy Park - Wind Anticipated 75.6
78 Crookwell 3 Wind Farm In Service 57.6
79 Woodlawn Wind Farm In Service 48.3
80 Gunning Wind Farm In Service 46.5
81 Conroys Gap WF - KCI Publicly Announced 30
82 Cullerin Range Wind Farm In Service 30
83 Northern Tablelands Wind Farm Publicly Announced 8

Source: AEMO NEM Generation Information, 31 July 2026, Aggregated Nameplate Capacity (MW AC). 1

Which wind farms operate and are planned in South Australia?

South Australia has 34 wind sites in the release. Twenty-five are in service, with 2,754.9 MW, and the other nine hold 3,317.0 MW. 1 Nearly three in four of its listed sites already operate, the highest share in the NEM.

AEMO lists several South Australian farms as separate stages, which is why the site count runs high for the capacity. Hornsdale appears as three sites (112 MW, 102.4 MW and 102.4 MW), Hallett as four and Lincoln Gap as three, the third of them Publicly Announced. 1 The largest operating site is Snowtown S2 at 270 MW. Few projects wait behind the operating fleet: one Committed site (Carmodys Hill, 256.2 MW), one Anticipated (Goyder North, 600 MW) and seven Publicly Announced, led by Nonowie at 1,015 MW. 1

# Site AEMO status Nameplate MW (AC)
1 Nonowie Wind Farm Publicly Announced 1,015
2 Goyder North Wind Farm Anticipated 600
3 Hughes Gap WF - KCI Publicly Announced 300
4 Whyte Yarcowie Publicly Announced 288.6
5 Lincoln Gap Wind Farm stage 3 Publicly Announced 277.2
6 Palmer Wind Farm Publicly Announced 274
7 Snowtown S2 Wind Farm In Service 270
8 Carmodys Hill Wind Farm Committed 256.2
9 Goyder South Wind Farm 1A In Service 209
10 Goyder South Wind Farm 1B In Service 203.5
11 Port Augusta Renewable Energy Park - Wind In Service 201
12 Barn Hill Publicly Announced 186
13 Lake Bonney 2 Wind Farm In Service 159
14 Hallett 4 North Brown Hill In Service 132.3
15 Waterloo Wind Farm In Service 130.8
16 Lincoln Gap Wind Farm - stage 1 In Service 126
17 Willogoleche Wind Farm In Service 122.6
18 Willogoleche Wind Farm 2 Publicly Announced 120
19 Hornsdale Wind Farm Stage 3 In Service 112
20 Hornsdale Wind Farm Stage 1 In Service 102.4
21 Hornsdale Wind Farm Stage 2 In Service 102.4
22 Snowtown Wind Farm In Service 98.7
23 Hallett Stage 1 Brown Hill In Service 94.5
24 Wattle Point In Service 90.8
25 Lincoln Gap Wind Farm - Stage 2 In Service 86.4
26 Lake Bonney 1 Wind Farm In Service 80.5
27 Mt Millar Wind Farm In Service 72.5
28 Hallett Stage 2 Hallett Hill In Service 71.4
29 Cathedral Rocks In Service 62
30 Clements Gap Wind Farm In Service 56.7
31 Hallett 5 The Bluff WF In Service 52.5
32 Canunda In Service 46
33 Lake Bonney 3 Wind Farm In Service 39
34 Starfish Hill In Service 33

Source: AEMO NEM Generation Information, 31 July 2026, Aggregated Nameplate Capacity (MW AC). 1

Which wind farms operate and are planned in Queensland?

Queensland has 53 wind sites in the release. Six are in service, with 1,018.5 MW, and the other 47 hold 33,390.3 MW. 1 That’s the lowest in-service share of any NEM state, at 3.0%.

Queensland’s gap is timing: it has 1,625.4 MW in commissioning across MacIntyre (923.4 MW), Clarke Creek (450 MW) and part of Wambo Wind Farm 1 (252 MW), which is more than its whole operating fleet. 1 Another 754.4 MW is Committed and 2,359.5 MW Anticipated. The largest operating site is Coopers Gap at 452.9 MW. The largest listed site is Collinsville Green Energy Hub at 2,839.2 MW, Publicly Announced. None of Queensland’s sites is named as offshore. 1

# Site AEMO status Nameplate MW (AC)
1 Collinsville Green Energy Hub Publicly Announced 2,839.2
2 Prairie WF and Wongalee WF Publicly Announced 2,000
3 Tara Wind Farm - KCI Publicly Announced 1,800
4 Pikedale Wind Farm (KCI) Publicly Announced 1,500
5 Forest Wind Publicly Announced 1,200
6 Gemfields Integrated Facility - Wind And Solar Publicly Announced 1,200
7 Boomber Green Energy Hub Publicly Announced 1,185.6
8 Bungaban Wind Farm Anticipated 1,155
9 Theodore Wind Farm Publicly Announced 1,054
10 Kariboe Wind Farm Publicly Announced 1,020
11 Karma Wind Farm - KCI Publicly Announced 966
12 Marmadua Wind Farm (KCI) Publicly Announced 950
13 MacIntyre Wind Farm In Commissioning 923.4
14 Herries Range Wind Farm Publicly Announced 897.6
15 Cattle Creek Wind Farm - KCI Publicly Announced 850
16 Nemaroo Bimbi Wind Farm - KCI Publicly Announced 800
17 Harrami Wind Farm Publicly Announced 799.2
18 Springlands Wind Farm Publicly Announced 798.6
19 Middle Creek Renewable Energy Hub - Wind Publicly Announced 750
20 Clarke Creek Wind Farm Stage 2 Publicly Announced 696
21 Goombi Renewable Energy Hub Publicly Announced 663.4
22 Bogandilla Wind Farm Publicly Announced 663
23 Jackson North Wind Farm Publicly Announced 613.8
24 Dawson Wind Farm Publicly Announced 560
25 Magnetite Energy Hub Publicly Announced 504
26 Wambo Wind Farm 1 In Commissioning 252; Committed 248 500
27 Bunkers Hill Wind Farm Publicly Announced 499.2
28 Coopers Gap Wind Farm In Service 452.9
29 Clarke Creek Wind Farm In Commissioning 450
30 Tarong West Wind Farm (Ironleaf) Anticipated 436.5
31 Callide Wind Farm Publicly Announced 421.6
32 Gawara Baya Wind And BESS Anticipated 408
33 Stony Creek Wind Farm Publicly Announced 400
34 Mount Hopeful Wind Farm Publicly Announced 370
35 Burrenbring Wind Farm Publicly Announced 360
36 Moah Creek Wind Farm Anticipated 360
37 Specimen Hill Wind Farm Publicly Announced 336
38 Wooroora Station Wind Farm Publicly Announced 322.4
39 Mt Fox Wind Farm Publicly Announced 291.4
40 Lotus Creek Wind Farm Committed 285.2
41 Banana Range Wind Farm Publicly Announced 273
42 Millmerran Wind Farm Publicly Announced 252
43 Boulder Creek Wind Farm Committed 221.2
44 Captains Mountain Wind Farm Publicly Announced 217
45 Mt Challenger Wind Farm Publicly Announced 216
46 Mount Emerald In Service 180.7
47 Dulacca Wind Farm In Service 172.9
48 Forsayth Wind Farm Publicly Announced 165
49 Kaban Wind Farm In Service 156.8
50 Dugald River Wind Faarm Publicly Announced 144
51 Lakeland Wind Farm Publicly Announced 73.1
52 Kennedy Energy Park In Service 43.2
53 Windy Hill In Service 12

Source: AEMO NEM Generation Information, 31 July 2026, Aggregated Nameplate Capacity (MW AC). 1

Which wind farms operate and are planned in Tasmania?

Tasmania has 20 wind sites in the release. Four are in service, with 561.6 MW, and the other 16 hold 5,963.7 MW. 1

The operating four are Musselroe (168 MW), Cattle Hill (144 MW), Woolnorth Studland Bay / Bluff Point (138 MW) and Granville Harbour (111.6 MW). 1 The other 16 are Publicly Announced, apart from Port Latta (21 MW), which is Anticipated. Nothing is Committed or in commissioning. The largest listed site is North East Wind - KCI at 1,288.8 MW. The Bass Offshore Wind Energy Project (500 MW) is the state’s one offshore-named site. 1

# Site AEMO status Nameplate MW (AC)
1 North East Wind - KCI Publicly Announced 1,288.8
2 Robbins Island Wind Farm Publicly Announced 928.8
3 Guildford Wind Farm Publicly Announced 525.6
4 Bass Offshore Wind Energy Project Publicly Announced 500
5 Bashan 1 Wind Farm Publicly Announced 460.2
6 Hollow Tree Wind Farm Publicly Announced 421.2
7 Cellars Hill Wind Farm Publicly Announced 400
8 St Patricks Plains Wind Farm Publicly Announced 291.4
9 Whaleback Ridge Wind Farm - KCI Publicly Announced 288
10 George Town Wind Farm Publicly Announced 232
11 Bellbay Wind Farm Publicly Announced 227.9
12 Musselroe Wind Farm In Service 168
13 Hellyer Wind Farm Publicly Announced 155
14 Derwent Valley Wind Farm Publicly Announced 150
15 Cattle Hill Wind Farm In Service 144
16 Woolnorth Studland Bay / Bluff Point In Service 138
17 Granville Harbour Wind Farm In Service 111.6
18 Western Plains Wind Farm Publicly Announced 50.4
19 Triabunna Wind Farm Publicly Announced 23.4
20 Port Latta Wind Farm Anticipated 21

Source: AEMO NEM Generation Information, 31 July 2026, Aggregated Nameplate Capacity (MW AC). 1

Why do other published wind farm figures disagree?

Because they count different things: farms instead of AEMO sites, different size thresholds, different dates and a different geography.

  • Stages and sites. AEMO lists many farms as several sites. Beca gives Lincoln Gap as 212 MW; AEMO lists stage 1 (126 MW) and stage 2 (86.4 MW) in service, which sum to 212.4 MW, plus a third stage Publicly Announced. 3 1 Wikipedia gives the Hallett Group as 351 MW; AEMO’s four in-service Hallett sites sum to 350.7 MW. 4 1
  • Whole projects against stages. The Golden Plains developer quotes 1,330 MW installed capacity. 2 AEMO lists the eastern stage at 756.4 MW in service and the western stage at 557 MW in commissioning, 1,313.4 MW together. 1
  • Size thresholds. Wikipedia’s list covers farms of more than 50 MW, and RenewEconomy’s map covers projects of 10 MW or above. 4 5 The AEMO release includes sites below both, down to Leonards Hill at 4.1 MW. 1
  • Dates. ARENA’s page says there were 94 wind farms in Australia at the end of 2018, delivering nearly 16 GW. 6 That figure is Australia-wide, eight years old and doesn’t name its field, so it can’t be reconciled with this release. Wikipedia still lists Rye Park and Goyder South 1A and 1B as under construction, and flags itself as incomplete since April 2023. 4 AEMO records all three as In Service. 1
  • Rounding. Beca puts Stockyard Hill at 530 MW and Bango at 244 MW. 3 AEMO lists 527.6 MW, and 243.8 MW across the two Bango sites. 1
  • Names. RenewEconomy’s map lists a Biala wind farm in New South Wales. 5 AEMO has no site by that name: it records the Biala Wind Farm units under the site Gullen Range Wind Farm 2, 110.67 MW in service. 1

Beca says around 90 wind farms operate in Australia, with around another 200 planned or under construction. 3 AEMO has 95 wind sites in service in the NEM and 174 that aren’t. 1 The numbers look close, but Beca counts farms nationally and AEMO counts NEM sites, so they measure different units.

What the ranking cannot tell you

  • Output. Nameplate capacity is a rating. The release carries no generation figure for any site.
  • Exact location. The release groups sites by state. Any more precise location given for a farm comes from the developer or a third party.
  • Timing and certainty. A Publicly Announced site has no build date in these figures. The status says where AEMO has classified a project, not whether it will be built. AEMO’s status names appear unchanged, and the release doesn’t explain the asterisk on Delburn’s Committed status.
  • Change since the last release. The July 2026 figures stand alone here. Memetik’s ranking of the largest wind farms compares them with April 2026.
  • Batteries. Several site names mention a battery (BESS), and one New South Wales site, Hargraves BESS, sits in the wind rows at 407 MW. We’ve kept every figure as AEMO lists it. Battery capacity belongs to the energy storage research field.
  • Western Australia. Western Australia is outside the NEM release, so every total here is a NEM total, not a national one.

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Frequently asked questions

How many wind farms are there in Australia?

In the NEM, AEMO’s 31 July 2026 release lists 269 wind sites, 95 of them in service. 1 That isn’t a national farm count. Western Australia is outside the NEM release, and AEMO lists some farms as several stages, so the NEM holds fewer farms than sites. Beca puts the national figure at around 90 operating wind farms, with around another 200 planned or under construction. 3

What are the largest wind farms in Australia?

In service, the largest are Golden Plains Wind Farm East (756.4 MW), Stockyard Hill (527.6 MW), Coopers Gap (452.9 MW), Macarthur (420 MW) and Rye Park (396 MW), all by AEMO’s reported nameplate capacity at 31 July 2026. 1 MacIntyre in Queensland is larger at 923.4 MW but is still in commissioning. The largest listed project at any status is Seaspray Off Shore Wind Farm in Victoria at 3,000 MW, which is Publicly Announced. 1

Why is Western Australia missing from AEMO’s wind list?

Western Australia is outside the NEM release, though the state has wind farms: Wikipedia lists Collgar (222 MW), Walkaway (90 MW), Emu Downs (80 MW) and Mumbida (55 MW), and RenewEconomy’s map includes Western Australian sites such as Albany and Badgingarra. 4 5 Those figures come from different sources, so they can’t be added to AEMO’s NEM totals on a like-for-like basis.

Sources checked

  1. NEM Generation Information, July 2026 (Generator Information sheet)Checked 28 September 2026
  2. About Golden Plains Wind FarmChecked 28 September 2026
  3. Wind Farms in AustraliaChecked 28 September 2026
  4. List of wind farms in AustraliaChecked 28 September 2026
  5. Large Scale Wind Farm Map of AustraliaChecked 28 September 2026
  6. Wind energyChecked 28 September 2026

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