Hancock County Wind Energy Center
Wind power plant · Hancock County, Iowa
Nameplate capacity
98 MW
Rank in Iowa
#86
of 305 plants
In service since
2002
December 2002
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- FPL Energy Hancock County Wind, LLC
- County
- Hancock County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.39%
- Rank among wind plants in Iowa
- #59 of 123
- EIA plant code
- 56010
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V-47 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 98 MW | 98 MW | 2002 | 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
| Franklin County Wind Farm | Wind | 99 MW |
| Osceola Windpower LLC | Wind | 98 MW |
| Ivester Wind Farm | Wind | 91 MW |
| Lime Creek | Other | 90 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 98 MW solar plant and a 98 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