Saratoga Wind Farm
Wind power plant · Howard County, Iowa
Nameplate capacity
66 MW
Rank in Iowa
#100
of 305 plants
In service since
2019
February 2019
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Madison Gas & Electric Co
- County
- Howard County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.26%
- Rank among wind plants in Iowa
- #69 of 123
- EIA plant code
- 61070
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE | Onshore Wind Turbine | 66 MW | 66 MW | 2019 | 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
| Kossuth County Wind | Wind | 70 MW |
| Crystal Lake 3 LLC | Wind | 66 MW |
| Independence Wind Farm | Wind | 55 MW |
| Red Rock Hydro Plant | Hydro | 55 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 66 MW solar plant and a 66 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