Nameplate capacity
8.5 MW
Rank in Iowa
#161
of 305 plants
In service since
1945
April 1945
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
- Operator
- City of Bloomfield - (IA)
- County
- Davis County
- Generating units
- 6
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Iowa
- #32 of 42
- EIA plant code
- 1127
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.8 MW | 2.3 MW | 1975 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 3 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.7 MW | 2.2 MW | 1964 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 6 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 1.5 MW | 1.2 MW | 1958 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 5 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 0.9 MW | 0.8 MW | 1951 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.3 MW | 0.2 MW | 1945 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 4 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.3 MW | 0.2 MW | 1946 | 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
| John Deere Dubuque Works | Other | 9.0 MW |
| Grundy Center City Light Plant | Other | 8.7 MW |
| Junction Hilltop Wind Farm | Wind | 8.0 MW |
| Maquoketa 2 | Other | 8.0 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 8.5 MW solar plant and a 8.5 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