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Onshore wind · United States

Desert Wind Farm, LLC

Operational208 MWChecked 6 October 2026

Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
208 MW
Status
Operational
Operator
Avangrid Power LLC
Location
Perquimans County, North Carolina, United States
First operating
2016
Balancing authority
PJM

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The register holds 95 incidents at onshore wind farms in the United States, 32 of them fires, and 297 worldwide. Counts of incidents in published reporting, not rates.

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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860M (Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory). The dataset. The register adds only the incidents and the counts.