Hawkeye Power Partners LLC
Wind power plant · Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Nameplate capacity
42 MW
Rank in Iowa
#111
of 305 plants
In service since
1999
April 1999
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Hawkeye Power Partners LLC
- County
- Cerro Gordo County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.17%
- Rank among wind plants in Iowa
- #75 of 123
- EIA plant code
- 55816
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48M | Onshore Wind Turbine | 42 MW | 42 MW | 1999 | 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
| Gas Turbine (IA) | Natural gas | 43 MW |
| Cerro Gordo Wind Farm | Wind | 42 MW |
| Indianola | Other | 41 MW |
| Elk Wind Farm | Wind | 41 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 42 MW solar plant and a 42 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