Alliant SBD 9205 A Y McDonald
Other power plant · Dubuque County, Iowa
Nameplate capacity
3.6 MW
Rank in Iowa
#214
of 305 plants
In service since
1990
March 1990
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- Industrial Energy Applications Inc
- County
- Dubuque County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among other plants in Iowa
- #61 of 90
- EIA plant code
- 54710
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0002 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.6 MW | 1.6 MW | 1990 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 0001 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.5 MW | 1.5 MW | 1993 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 0003 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.5 MW | 0.5 MW | 2016 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
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 Iowa
| Ogden | Other | 3.9 MW |
| West Dubuque Solar | Solar | 3.8 MW |
| Preston (IA) | Natural gas | 3.6 MW |
| South Strawberry | Other | 3.6 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 3.6 MW solar plant and a 3.6 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