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Adams Wind

Wind power plant · Adams County, Iowa

Nameplate capacity
154 MW
Rank in Iowa
#58
of 305 plants
In service since
2015
October 2015

Details

Primary fuel
Wind
Technology
Onshore Wind Turbine
Operator
MidAmerican Energy Co
County
Adams County
Generating units
4
Share of state capacity
0.62%
Rank among wind plants in Iowa
#39 of 123
EIA plant code
59637

Generating units

Individual generating units at Adams Wind
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
ADWF3Onshore Wind Turbine58 MW58 MW2015Operating
ADWF4Onshore Wind Turbine48 MW48 MW2016Operating
ADWF2Onshore Wind Turbine43 MW39 MW2015Operating
ADWFOnshore Wind Turbine4.7 MW4.7 MW2015Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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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 154 MW solar plant and a 154 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 Iowa power plants · What Iowa actually generates