Directory of Power Plants in Iowa
| Plant Name | Utility | Location | Balancing Authority | Annual Generation | Plant Date | Last Update | Fuel Types |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pella Peaking | City of Pella - (IA) | Pella, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 352.2 MWh | May 2003 | Dec 2023 | Distillate Fuel Oil |
| Sycamore (IA) | MidAmerican Energy Co | Johnston, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 10.9 GWh | Jul 1974 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas : 99.7% |
| Tipton | City of Tipton - (IA) | Tipton, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 50.2 MWh | Oct 1955 | Dec 2023 | Distillate Fuel Oil |
| Hopkinton | City of Hopkinton - (IA) | Hopkinton, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 3.7 MWh | Aug 1973 | Dec 2023 | Distillate Fuel Oil |
| Cargill Corn Milling Division | Cargill Inc North America Sweetners | Eddyville, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 86.8 GWh | Nov 1952 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines | Archer Daniels Midland Co | Des Moines, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 8.6 GWh | Apr 1988 | Dec 2023 | Subbituminous Coal |
| Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac | Des Moines Metro WRF | Des Moines, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 78.7 MWh | Jun 1991 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Alliant SBD 9205 A Y McDonald | Industrial Energy Applications Inc | Dubuque, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 10.9 MWh | Feb 1990 | Dec 2023 | Distillate Fuel Oil |
| Alliant SBD 8602 Marion Sub | Industrial Energy Applications Inc | Marion, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 16.7 MWh | Jul 1986 | Dec 2023 | Distillate Fuel Oil |
| Alliant SBD 9106 Rockwell CR | Industrial Energy Applications Inc | Cedar Rapids, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 246.9 MWh | May 1992 | Dec 2023 | Distillate Fuel Oil |
| Alliant SBD 9206 Donaldson | Industrial Energy Applications Inc | Cresco, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 4.3 MWh | Oct 1995 | Dec 2023 | Distillate Fuel Oil |
| Alliant SBD 9301 Prairie Farms | Industrial Energy Applications Inc | Dubuque, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 49.5 MWh | Jun 1993 | Dec 2023 | Distillate Fuel Oil |
| Storm Lake 1 | ALLETE Clean Energy | Alta, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 104.7 GWh | Apr 1999 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Alliant SBD 9403 Aegon DC | Industrial Energy Applications Inc | Cedar Rapids, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 18.9 MWh | Dec 1994 | Dec 2023 | Distillate Fuel Oil |
| Davenport Water Pollution Control Plant | Davenport City of | Davenport, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 6.9 GWh | Apr 1995 | Dec 2023 | Other Biomass Gas : 79.8% Natural Gas : 20.2% |
| Storm Lake II | ALLETE Clean Energy | Alta, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 140.7 GWh | Mar 1999 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Hawkeye Power Partners LLC | Hawkeye Power Partners LLC | Garner, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 184.9 GWh | Mar 1999 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Alliant SBD0201 Ingredion | Industrial Energy Applications Inc | Cedar Rapids, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 78.2 MWh | May 2003 | Dec 2023 | Distillate Fuel Oil |
| Exira | Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny | Brayton, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 238.1 GWh | Mar 2004 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas : 98.9% Distillate Fuel Oil : 1.1% |
| Alliant SBG 9802 Toyota | Industrial Energy Applications Inc | Cedar Rapids, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 82.3 MWh | Nov 1998 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Anderson Erickson | Anderson Erickson Dairy | Des Moines, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 28.8 MWh | Mar 2000 | Dec 2023 | Distillate Fuel Oil |
| Flying Cloud Power Partners LLC | Avangrid Renewables LLC | Lake Park, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 94.9 GWh | Nov 2003 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Dike City Power Plant | City of Dike | Dike, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 62.7 MWh | May 2005 | Dec 2023 | Distillate Fuel Oil |
| Whispering Willow Wind Farm - East | Interstate Power and Light Co | Iowa Falls, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 514.1 GWh | Nov 2009 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Northern Iowa Windpower II | Avangrid Renewables LLC | Kensett, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 142.4 GWh | Dec 2007 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Top of Iowa Windfarm III | Madison Gas & Electric Co | Kensett, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 45.3 GWh | Jan 2008 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| West Diesel Generation Unit | City of Pocahontas - (IA) | Pocahontas, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 10.0 MWh | May 2006 | Dec 2023 | Distillate Fuel Oil |
| Lake Mills Gas Recovery | WM Renewable Energy LLC | Lake Mills, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 20.2 GWh | Feb 2006 | Dec 2023 | Landfill Gas |
| Winnebago Wind Power Project | Avangrid Renewables LLC | Forest City, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 59.0 GWh | Aug 2008 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Barton Windpower LLC | Avangrid Renewables LLC | Kensett, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 385.8 GWh | May 2009 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Walnut Wind Farm | MidAmerican Energy Co | Walnut, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 597.6 GWh | Nov 2008 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Crane Creek Wind Energy Center | Wisconsin Public Service Corp | Riceville, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 307.7 GWh | Nov 2009 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Crosswind Energy Project | Junction Hilltop Management LLC | Ruthven, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 64.0 GWh | May 2007 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Hardin Hilltop Wind LLC | Junction Hilltop Management LLC | Jefferson, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 38.4 GWh | Apr 2007 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Lost Lakes Wind Farm LLC | Lost Lakes Wind Farm LLC | Lake Park, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 293.2 GWh | Nov 2009 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Waverly Community Wind Project | Waverly Municipal Elec Utility | Waverly, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 6.4 GWh | Nov 2001 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Lakota Wind Wind Farm | Iowa Lakes Electric Coop | Lakota, IA | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 36.0 GWh | Feb 2009 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm | Iowa Lakes Electric Coop | Superior, IA | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 38.8 GWh | Mar 2009 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Elk Wind Farm | Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation | Greeley, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 109.3 GWh | Nov 2011 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Laurel Wind Farm | MidAmerican Energy Co | Laurel, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 465.2 GWh | Nov 2011 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| New Harvest Wind Project LLC | Avangrid Renewables LLC | Schleswig, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 289.3 GWh | Nov 2011 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Wolverine | Wolverine Wind Energy, LLC | Greenfield, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 4.4 GWh | Sep 2010 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Bulldog | Bulldog Wind Energy, LLC | Orient, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 4.7 GWh | Sep 2010 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Rippey Wind Farm | Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation | Grand Junction, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 166.1 GWh | Jul 2012 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Hawkeye Wind Farm | Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation | Sumner, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 111.0 GWh | Sep 2012 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Franklin County Wind Farm | Interstate Power and Light Co | Iowa Falls, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 264.4 GWh | Nov 2012 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Vienna Wind Farm | MidAmerican Energy Co | Marshalltown, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 456.1 GWh | Oct 2012 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm | MidAmerican Energy Co | Pomeroy, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 408.8 GWh | Jan 2012 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Buffalo Center Wind LLC | Buffalo Center Wind LLC | Little Cedar, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 5.5 GWh | Oct 2011 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Anchor Wind, LLC | Acciona Energy USA Global, LLC | Mechanicsville, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 8.6 GWh | Sep 2012 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Luther College Wind Project | Luther College Wind Energy Project LLC | Decorah, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 241.3 MWh | Sep 2011 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| NLMU Wind | New London Municipal Utilities | New London, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 5.2 GWh | Oct 2011 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Junction Hilltop Wind Farm | Junction Hilltop Management LLC | Dana, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 26.8 GWh | Feb 2012 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Cumberland Rose | Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, LLC | Orient, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 5.4 GWh | Jul 2012 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Fontanelle | Forward Fontanelle Power, LLC | Fontanelle, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 5.8 GWh | Jul 2012 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Greenfield Wind | Greenfield Wind Power, LLC | Greenfield, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 5.3 GWh | Jul 2012 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Meadow Ridge | Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, LLC | Greenfield, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 5.6 GWh | Jun 2012 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Sky Volt | Sky Volt, LLC | Greenfield, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 4.6 GWh | Jul 2012 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Wiota | Wiota Wind Energy, LLC #1 | Wiota, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 5.6 GWh | Apr 2012 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Macksburg Wind Project | MidAmerican Energy Co | Macksburg, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 357.6 GWh | Nov 2014 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Story City Wind Project | Hamilton Wind Energy LLC | Story City, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 3.1 GWh | Sep 2010 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Traer Wind Project | City of Traer - (IA) | Traer, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 6.4 GWh | Sep 2010 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Michelangelo Wind 3 LLC | Michelangelo Wind 3 LLC | Huxley, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 9.8 GWh | Jan 2017 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Carroll Area Wind Farm | SRIV Partnership LLC | Templeton, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 77.6 GWh | Dec 2014 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Optimum Wind 5 LLC | Optimum Wind 5 LLC | Nevada, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 9.2 GWh | Feb 2017 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Optimum Wind 6 LLC | Optimum Wind 6 LLC | Nevada, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 10.3 GWh | Feb 2017 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Optimum Wind 7 LLC | Optimum Wind 7 LLC | Nevada, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 11.3 GWh | Feb 2017 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Optimum Wind 4 LLC | Optimum Wind 4 LLC | Nevada, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 9.3 GWh | Feb 2017 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Optimum Wind 3 LLC | Optimum Wind 3 LLC | Nevada, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 8.1 GWh | Feb 2017 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Leonardo Wind 1 LLC | Leonardo Wind 1 LLC | Alden, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 12.4 GWh | Nov 2016 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Venus Wind 3 LLC | Venus Wind 3 LLC | Grinnell, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 6.6 GWh | Feb 2017 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Michelangelo Wind 1 LLC | Michelangelo Wind 1 LLC | Huxley, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 9.7 GWh | Feb 2017 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Michelangelo Wind 4 LLC | Michelangelo Wind 4 LLC | Ames, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 10.4 GWh | Nov 2016 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Adams Wind | MidAmerican Energy Co | Lenox, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 487.8 GWh | Sep 2015 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Kirkwood Wind Turbine | Kirkwood Community College | Cedar Rapids, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 256.1 MWh | Jan 2012 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Wind GEM | Wind GEM, LLC | Stuart, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 5.3 GWh | Aug 2015 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Green Energy Machine | Green Energy Machine, LLC | Anita, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 7.0 GWh | May 2016 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| West Dubuque Solar | Interstate Power and Light Co | Dubuque, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 5.7 GWh | Aug 2017 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
| Strawberry Point DPC Solar | SoCore Energy LLC | Strawberry Point, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 2.3 GWh | Oct 2017 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
| August Wind Farm | August Wind Energy, LLC | Clearfield, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 7.5 GWh | Jan 2017 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Roseman | Roseman Energy, LLC | Anita, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 7.7 GWh | Jan 2017 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Birch | Birch Power LLC | Clearfield, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 7.3 GWh | Jan 2017 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Cedar Falls Solar Farm | Altus Power America Management, LLC | Cedar Falls, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 2.4 GWh | Mar 2016 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
| Farmers Electric Cooperative - Kalona | Farmers Electric Coop - (IA) | Kalona, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 58.5 MWh | Feb 2001 | Dec 2023 | Distillate Fuel Oil |
| Forest City Solar | Butter Solar, LLC | Forest City, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 5.1 GWh | Aug 2019 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
| CED Mason City Wind | Consolidated Edison Development Inc. | Mason City, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 29.8 GWh | Apr 2020 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| POET Biorefining-Hanlontown, LLC | POET Biorefining-Hanlontown, LLC | Hanlontown, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 17.2 GWh | Dec 2018 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| POET Biorefining LLC - Corning | POET Biorefining LLC - Corning | Corning, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 16.8 GWh | Sep 2018 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| POET Biorefining - Gowrie | POET Biorefining - Gowrie | Gowrie, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 19.7 GWh | Oct 2018 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| CED Manchester Wind | Consolidated Edison Development Inc. | Manchester, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 24.5 GWh | Mar 2022 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| CED Centerville Wind | Consolidated Edison Development Inc. | Centerville, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 27.1 GWh | Nov 2021 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| IA - City of Ames - Airport Road | Forefront Power, LLC | Ames, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 3.2 GWh | Nov 2020 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
| Downtown Generation Plant | City of Greenfield - (IA) | Greenfield, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 8.8 MWh | Jun 2020 | Dec 2023 | Distillate Fuel Oil |
| Waterloo Solar (IA) | MidAmerican Energy Co | Waterloo, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 6.1 GWh | Feb 2022 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
| Johnson County Hills Solar | MidAmerican Energy Co | Iowa City, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 6.1 GWh | Dec 2021 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
| Franklin County Solar | MidAmerican Energy Co | Hampton, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 14.0 GWh | Dec 2021 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
| Neal Energy Center Solar | MidAmerican Energy Co | Salix, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 7.6 GWh | Jan 2022 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
| Maple City | Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation | Osage Township, IA | Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. (AECI) | 2.9 GWh | Nov 2022 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
| Alliant SBD 9203 Profol | American Profol Incorporated | Cedar Rapids, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 149.8 MWh | Aug 1996 | May 2024 | Distillate Fuel Oil |
| Duane Arnold Solar I (50 MW) | Interstate Power and Light Co | Palo, IA | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 20.3 GWh | - | May 2024 | Solar |