New Badger
Hydro power plant · Outagamie County, Wisconsin
Nameplate capacity
8.2 MW
Rank in Wisconsin
#111
of 278 plants
In service since
2014
January 2014
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- City of Kaukauna
- County
- Outagamie County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among hydro plants in Wisconsin
- #16 of 61
- EIA plant code
- 4120
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 4.1 MW | 4.0 MW | 2014 | Operating |
| 4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 4.1 MW | 4.0 MW | 2014 | 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
| Adams PV Plant | Solar | 8.3 MW |
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| Wisconsin Rapids | Hydro | 8.1 MW |
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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 8.2 MW solar plant and a 8.2 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