Neal Energy Center Solar
Solar power plant · Woodbury County, Iowa
Nameplate capacity
4.0 MW
Rank in Iowa
#206
of 305 plants
In service since
2022
February 2022
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- MidAmerican Energy Co
- County
- Woodbury County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among solar plants in Iowa
- #11 of 34
- EIA plant code
- 65393
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NECS | Solar Photovoltaic | 4.0 MW | 4.0 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.
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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 4.0 MW solar plant and a 4.0 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