Nameplate capacity
1.8 MW
Rank in Iowa
#263
of 305 plants
In service since
2017
February 2017
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Birch Power LLC
- County
- Taylor County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among wind plants in Iowa
- #105 of 123
- EIA plant code
- 62172
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIR | Onshore Wind Turbine | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 2017 | 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 Iowa
| Wind GEM | Wind | 1.9 MW |
| August Wind Farm | Wind | 1.8 MW |
| Dayton (IA) | Other | 1.8 MW |
| Earlville | Other | 1.8 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 1.8 MW solar plant and a 1.8 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