Desert Meadow Windfarm
Wind power plant · Elmore County, Idaho
Nameplate capacity
23 MW
Rank in Idaho
#46
of 155 plants
In service since
2012
December 2012
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Mountain Air Projects, LLC
- County
- Elmore County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.35%
- Rank among wind plants in Idaho
- #9 of 33
- EIA plant code
- 57430
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 23 MW | 23 MW | 2012 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Idaho
| Gem State | Hydro | 23 MW |
| Cold Springs Windfarm | Wind | 23 MW |
| Hammett Hill Windfarm | Wind | 23 MW |
| Mainline Windfarm | Wind | 23 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 23 MW solar plant and a 23 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Idaho power plants · What Idaho actually generates