Kossuth County Wind
Wind power plant · Kossuth County, Iowa
Nameplate capacity
70 MW
Rank in Iowa
#98
of 305 plants
In service since
2022
December 2022
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Kossuth County Wind, LLC
- County
- Kossuth County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.28%
- Rank among wind plants in Iowa
- #67 of 123
- EIA plant code
- 65725
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KCW | Onshore Wind Turbine | 70 MW | 70 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
| Ames GT | Other | 79 MW |
| Coralville GT | Natural gas | 72 MW |
| Crystal Lake 3 LLC | Wind | 66 MW |
| Saratoga Wind Farm | Wind | 66 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 70 MW solar plant and a 70 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