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Richland (IA)

Wind power plant · Sac County, Iowa

Nameplate capacity
131 MW
Rank in Iowa
#66
of 305 plants
In service since
2020
September 2020

Details

Primary fuel
Wind
Technology
Onshore Wind Turbine
Operator
Interstate Power and Light Co
County
Sac County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.53%
Rank among wind plants in Iowa
#46 of 123
EIA plant code
62080

Generating units

Individual generating units at Richland (IA)
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Onshore Wind Turbine131 MW131 MW2020Operating

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 131 MW solar plant and a 131 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