Nameplate capacity
1.6 MW
Rank in Iowa
#281
of 305 plants
In service since
2012
July 2012
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, LLC
- County
- Adair County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among wind plants in Iowa
- #113 of 123
- EIA plant code
- 58459
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 1.6 MW | 1.6 MW | 2012 | 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
| Greenfield Wind | Wind | 1.6 MW |
| Luther College Wind Project | Wind | 1.6 MW |
| Roeder Family Wind Farm LLC | Wind | 1.6 MW |
| Sky Volt | Wind | 1.6 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 1.6 MW solar plant and a 1.6 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