Prescott Wind Farm
Wind power plant · Adams County, Iowa
Nameplate capacity
39 MW
Rank in Iowa
#117
of 305 plants
In service since
2024
September 2024
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Prescott Wind Energy LLC
- County
- Adams County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.16%
- Rank among wind plants in Iowa
- #77 of 123
- EIA plant code
- 66952
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PWE | Onshore Wind Turbine | 39 MW | 56 MW | 2024 | 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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| Cargill Corn Milling Division | Natural gas | 40 MW |
| Iowa State University | Natural gas | 40 MW |
| Merl Parr | Natural gas | 36 MW |
| Hawkeye Wind Farm | Wind | 35 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 39 MW solar plant and a 39 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