Butler Ridge
Wind power plant · Dodge County, Wisconsin
Nameplate capacity
54 MW
Rank in Wisconsin
#59
of 278 plants
In service since
2009
February 2009
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Butler Ridge Wind Energy Center
- County
- Dodge County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.27%
- Rank among wind plants in Wisconsin
- #7 of 12
- EIA plant code
- 56647
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 54 MW | 54 MW | 2009 | 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 Wisconsin
| Fitchburg | Natural gas | 58 MW |
| Rothschild Biomass Cogen Facility | Other | 58 MW |
| Diesel Generators | Other | 54 MW |
| Albany Solar (WI) | Solar | 50 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 54 MW solar plant and a 54 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 Wisconsin power plants · What Wisconsin actually generates