Glacier Hills
Wind power plant · Columbia County, Wisconsin
Nameplate capacity
162 MW
Rank in Wisconsin
#30
of 278 plants
In service since
2011
December 2011
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Wisconsin Electric Power Co
- County
- Columbia County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.82%
- Rank among wind plants in Wisconsin
- #1 of 12
- EIA plant code
- 57199
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 162 MW | 162 MW | 2011 | 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
| West Marinette | Natural gas | 187 MW |
| West Campus Cogeneration Facility | Natural gas | 169 MW |
| Badger Hollow I | Solar | 150 MW |
| Badger Hollow II | Solar | 150 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 162 MW solar plant and a 162 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