Great Pathfinder Wind
Wind power plant · Hamilton County, Iowa
Nameplate capacity
224 MW
Rank in Iowa
#29
of 305 plants
In service since
2023
February 2023
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Great Pathfinder Wind
- County
- Hamilton County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.90%
- Rank among wind plants in Iowa
- #16 of 123
- EIA plant code
- 65715
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPFWF | Onshore Wind Turbine | 224 MW | 224 MW | 2023 | 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
| O'Brien Wind | Wind | 250 MW |
| Wever Solar (150MW) | Solar | 249 MW |
| Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm | Wind | 214 MW |
| Glaciers Edge Wind Project | Wind | 212 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 224 MW solar plant and a 224 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