US Wind Energy Monitor | Q3 2026

US wind turbine order intake hit a three-year high in Q2

Delivered quarterly, the Wind Energy Monitor from the American Clean Power Association (ACP) and Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables provides the clean power industry with exclusive insights through comprehensive research. This Q3 2026 release includes Q2 2026 in review.

 Report Highlights 

• Turbine order capacity reached its highest point since Q4 2023 at 2.8 gigawatts (GW), and the largest wind project the country has ever built came online in New Mexico: with a capacity of 3.65 GW, New Mexico’s massive SunZia project made up the majority of the 5 GW of onshore wind added to the US market in Q2.
• The US wind industry’s five-year outlook remains on course, with 39 GW of onshore new-build capacity expected by 2030. More than half of the 2026-2028 project pipeline is under construction or already operating, limiting near-term risk of market decline.
• Texas remains the single largest market for onshore wind over the next five years, projected to account for nearly one-quarter of additions. However, the western region dominates new capacity additions, with Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming expected to be the three largest markets.
• The wind industry’s offshore outlook remains unchanged at 5 GW quarter-on-quarter, with all capacity additions expected to come online by Q4 2027. The construction pipeline continues to advance with progress on turbine installations, foundation work, and testing.

The spike in firm order intake is largely attributed to tax policy deadline compliance. Tax credits for qualified wind energy projects are set to expire at the end of the decade, and many developers placed wind turbine orders before July 4th to meet the start of construction deadline.

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