Prairie Wind Farm
Wind power plant · Mahaska County, Iowa
Nameplate capacity
168 MW
Rank in Iowa
#53
of 305 plants
In service since
2018
January 2018
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- MidAmerican Energy Co
- County
- Mahaska County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.67%
- Rank among wind plants in Iowa
- #35 of 123
- EIA plant code
- 60873
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PWE | Onshore Wind Turbine | 168 MW | 169 MW | 2018 | 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
| English Farms | Wind | 172 MW |
| Salt Creek Wind | Wind | 169 MW |
| Walnut Wind Farm | Wind | 165 MW |
| Carroll Wind Farm | Wind | 159 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 168 MW solar plant and a 168 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