Forward Wind Energy Center
Wind power plant · Dodge County, Wisconsin
Nameplate capacity
129 MW
Rank in Wisconsin
#37
of 278 plants
In service since
2008
July 2008
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Wisconsin Public Service Corp
- County
- Dodge County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.65%
- Rank among wind plants in Wisconsin
- #3 of 12
- EIA plant code
- 56942
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 99 MW | 99 MW | 2008 | Operating |
| 2 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 30 MW | 30 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
| Blue Sky Green Field Wind Project | Wind | 145 MW |
| Weston RICE | Natural gas | 132 MW |
| Manitowoc | Other | 117 MW |
| Apple River Solar, LLC | Solar | 100 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 129 MW solar plant and a 129 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