Contrail Wind Farm
Wind power plant · Taylor County, Iowa
Nameplate capacity
112 MW
Rank in Iowa
#74
of 305 plants
In service since
2020
December 2020
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- MidAmerican Energy Co
- County
- Taylor County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.45%
- Rank among wind plants in Iowa
- #50 of 123
- EIA plant code
- 63639
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COWF | Onshore Wind Turbine | 112 MW | 110 MW | 2020 | 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
| Summit Lake | Natural gas | 119 MW |
| Storm Lake 1 | Wind | 114 MW |
| Morning Light Wind Farm | Wind | 111 MW |
| Ames Electric Services Power Plant | Natural gas | 109 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 112 MW solar plant and a 112 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