Ainsworth Wind
Wind power plant · Brown County, Nebraska
Nameplate capacity
59 MW
Rank in Nebraska
#40
of 138 plants
In service since
2005
October 2005
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Nebraska Public Power District
- County
- Brown County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.49%
- Rank among wind plants in Nebraska
- #19 of 33
- EIA plant code
- 56162
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 59 MW | 59 MW | 2005 | 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 Nebraska
| Archer Daniels Midland Columbus | Coal | 71 MW |
| Flat Water Wind Farm LLC | Wind | 60 MW |
| Hallam | Other | 57 MW |
| Hebron | Other | 57 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 59 MW solar plant and a 59 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 Nebraska power plants · What Nebraska actually generates