West Diesel Generation Unit
Other power plant · Pocahontas County, Iowa
Nameplate capacity
4.0 MW
Rank in Iowa
#210
of 305 plants
In service since
2006
June 2006
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- City of Pocahontas - (IA)
- County
- Pocahontas County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among other plants in Iowa
- #59 of 90
- EIA plant code
- 56517
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 1.9 MW | 2006 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| West | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 1.9 MW | 2006 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
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
| Traer East | Other | 4.0 MW |
| Villisca Municipal Power Plant | Other | 4.0 MW |
| Grinnell College | Solar | 3.9 MW |
| Ogden | Other | 3.9 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 4.0 MW solar plant and a 4.0 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