Lost Creek Wind Energy Facility
Wind power plant · DeKalb County, Missouri
Nameplate capacity
168 MW
Rank in Missouri
#36
of 139 plants
In service since
2010
May 2010
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Pattern Operators LP
- County
- DeKalb County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.72%
- Rank among wind plants in Missouri
- #7 of 14
- EIA plant code
- 57189
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LCW | Onshore Wind Turbine | 168 MW | 168 MW | 2010 | 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 Missouri
| Table Rock | Hydro | 200 MW |
| James River Power Station | Natural gas | 198 MW |
| Columbia Energy Center | Natural gas | 163 MW |
| Harry Truman | Hydro | 161 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 Missouri power plants · What Missouri actually generates