Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
Natural gas power plant · Palo Alto County, Iowa
Nameplate capacity
3.5 MW
Rank in Iowa
#219
of 305 plants
In service since
2023
December 2023
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
- County
- Palo Alto County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Iowa
- #41 of 42
- EIA plant code
- 68066
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 3.5 MW | 2.7 MW | 2023 | 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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| Waverly Solar - (IA) | Solar | 3.6 MW |
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| Harlan | Other | 3.4 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 3.5 MW solar plant and a 3.5 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