Franklin County Solar
Solar power plant · Franklin County, Iowa
Nameplate capacity
7.0 MW
Rank in Iowa
#176
of 305 plants
In service since
2022
January 2022
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- MidAmerican Energy Co
- County
- Franklin County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among solar plants in Iowa
- #8 of 34
- EIA plant code
- 64986
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FCS | Solar Photovoltaic | 7.0 MW | 7.0 MW | 2022 | 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
| Cascade | Other | 7.2 MW |
| State Center | Natural gas | 7.1 MW |
| Corning | Other | 6.8 MW |
| West Bend | Other | 6.7 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 7.0 MW solar plant and a 7.0 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