Charles City Wind Farm
Wind power plant · Floyd County, Iowa
Nameplate capacity
80 MW
Rank in Iowa
#91
of 305 plants
In service since
2008
April 2008
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- MidAmerican Energy Co
- County
- Floyd County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.32%
- Rank among wind plants in Iowa
- #62 of 123
- EIA plant code
- 56677
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCWF | Onshore Wind Turbine | 80 MW | 75 MW | 2008 | 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
| Roquette America | Natural gas | 84 MW |
| Storm Lake II | Wind | 80 MW |
| Northern Iowa Windpower II | Wind | 80 MW |
| Old Gold Energy Center, LLC | Wind | 80 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 80 MW solar plant and a 80 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