Sholes Wind Energy Center
Wind power plant · Wayne County, Nebraska
Nameplate capacity
160 MW
Rank in Nebraska
#24
of 138 plants
In service since
2019
November 2019
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Sholes Wind Energy Center, LLC
- County
- Wayne County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 1.32%
- Rank among wind plants in Nebraska
- #10 of 33
- EIA plant code
- 61889
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WSN1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 160 MW | 160 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 Nebraska
| Lon Wright | Coal | 172 MW |
| Standing Bear Lake | Natural gas | 163 MW |
| C W Burdick | Natural gas | 143 MW |
| Gavins Point | Hydro | 132 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 160 MW solar plant and a 160 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