Nameplate capacity
176 MW
Rank in Iowa
#49
of 305 plants
In service since
2004
December 2004
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- MidAmerican Energy Co
- County
- Buena Vista County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.70%
- Rank among wind plants in Iowa
- #31 of 123
- EIA plant code
- 56251
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INWF | Onshore Wind Turbine | 161 MW | 161 MW | 2004 | Operating |
| INWF2 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 15 MW | 15 MW | 2005 | 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
| Archer Daniels Midland Clinton | Coal | 180 MW |
| Pleasant Hill | Natural gas | 180 MW |
| Adair Wind Farm | Wind | 175 MW |
| English Farms | Wind | 172 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 176 MW solar plant and a 176 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