Wind Energy in Kentucky
Find wind data and information in Kentucky, including maps, capacity, ordinances, and more.
Capacity and Generation
Installed Capacity 0 MW Source: American Wind Energy Association Market Report
Potential Capacity 150,956 MW Source: AWS Truepower, NREL
Annual Potential Generation
- 2015 308,113 GWh
- 2020 342,143 GWh
- 2030 387,262 GWh
- 2050 398,293 GWh
Wind power potentials reflect the amount of wind power that is technologically possible to have installed in a given region. For more information, see the U.S. wind capacity and potential map and the Wind Vision Report.
Policies & Incentives
1 local wind energy ordinance
Wind Education & Training
Career training and projects at schools in Kentucky.
Training Locations
Bluegrass Community and Technical College
Wind for Schools Project Locations
There are no Wind for Schools projects in Kentucky.
Regional Resource Center
Regional Resource Centers (RRCs) help address the unique challenges and opportunities of wind energy in key regions of the United States.
The RRC for Kentucky is Southeast Wind Energy Resource Center.
Kentucky Offices and Organizations
Clean Energy Group
Clean Energy Group is a leading national, nonprofit organization working on innovative policy, technology, and finance programs in the areas of clean energy and climate change. The group's projects concentrate on climate and clean energy issues at the state, national, and international levels and include stakeholders from governments and the private and nonprofit sectors. Clean Energy Group assists states to create and implement innovative practices and public funding programs for clean energy project deployment; creates networks of U.S. and international policy makers to address climate stabilization strategies; and advances effective distributed innovation theories, finance, and commercialization tools for new climate technologies.
