Kaukauna Gas Turbine
Natural gas power plant · Outagamie County, Wisconsin
Nameplate capacity
18 MW
Rank in Wisconsin
#89
of 278 plants
In service since
1969
May 1969
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- City of Kaukauna
- County
- Outagamie County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.09%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Wisconsin
- #36 of 41
- EIA plant code
- 4118
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 18 MW | 16 MW | 1969 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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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 18 MW solar plant and a 18 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