Cooper Farms VW Project
Wind power plant · Van Wert County, Ohio
Nameplate capacity
4.5 MW
Rank in Ohio
#136
of 219 plants
In service since
2012
March 2012
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Cooper Hatchery Inc.
- County
- Van Wert County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among wind plants in Ohio
- #8 of 22
- EIA plant code
- 57570
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WTG | Onshore Wind Turbine | 4.5 MW | 4.5 MW | 2012 | 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 Ohio
| Brown County LFGTE Power Station | Other | 4.8 MW |
| Broshco Fabricated Products | Natural gas | 4.7 MW |
| Haviland Plastic Products | Wind | 4.5 MW |
| LafargeHolcim - Paulding Wind Project | Wind | 4.5 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 4.5 MW solar plant and a 4.5 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 Ohio power plants · What Ohio actually generates