Power Plants in Iowa

Iowa operates 331 power plants totaling 24,721 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind dominates the mix at 53%, followed by Coal (23%) and Natural Gas (17%). The largest plant is Walter Scott Jr Energy Center at 1,648 MW.

Plants331operating sites

Capacity24,720 MWnameplate

Generation69.8M MWhannual

CO₂22.0Mmetric tons/year

Wind 53%Coal 23%Natural Gas 17%Oil 4%Solar 3%

Plant locations

Showing the 120 largest plants by capacity. Iowa operates another 211 plants below this size — browse the lists below to reach them.

Largest plants in Iowa

Plant	City	Fuel	Capacity
Walter Scott Jr Energy Center	Council Bluffs	Coal	1,648 MW
Louisa	Muscatine	Coal	812 MW
Ottumwa	Ottumwa	Coal	726 MW
Marshalltown Generating Station	Marshalltown	Natural Gas	709 MW
George Neal South	Salix	Coal	696 MW
Emery Station	Clear Lake	Natural Gas	603 MW
George Neal North	Sergeant Bluff	Coal	584 MW
Greater Des Moines	Pleasant Hill	Natural Gas	576 MW
Highland Wind Project (Ia)	Primghar	Wind	502 MW
Orient Wind Farm	Orient	Wind	501 MW
Rolling Hills Wind Farm	Massena	Wind	484 MW
Beaver Creek Wind	Ogden	Wind	340 MW
North English	Montezuma	Wind	340 MW
Palo Alto Wind Farm	Emmetsburg	Wind	340 MW
Arbor Hill Wind Farm	Greenfield	Wind	310 MW
Ida Grove Wind	Ida Grove	Wind	301 MW
Pioneer Prairie Wind Farm	Mcintire	Wind	300 MW
Upland Prairie	Spencer	Wind	299 MW
Archer Daniels Midland Cedar Rapids	Cedar Rapids	Coal	295 MW
Muscatine Plant #1	Muscatine	Coal	294 MW
Burlington (Ia)	Burlington	Natural Gas	291 MW
Pomeroy Wind Farm	Fonda	Wind	286 MW
Lansing	Lansing	Coal	275 MW
Electrifarm	Waterloo	Natural Gas	264 MW
Southern Hills Wind Farm	Creston	Wind	254 MW
Diamond Trail Wind Farm	Ladora	Wind	253 MW
Lundgren Wind Project	Otho	Wind	251 MW
O'brien Wind	Primghar	Wind	250 MW
Great Pathfinder Wind	Stratford	Wind	224 MW
Prairie Creek	Cedar Rapids	Coal	213 MW
Glaciers Edge Wind Project	Cleghorn	Wind	212 MW
Eclipse Wind Farm	Adair	Wind	207 MW
Ledyard Windpower, Llc	Lakota	Wind	207 MW
Plymouth Wind	Remsen	Wind	203 MW
Chickasaw Wind Farm	New Hampton	Wind	202 MW
Whispering Willow North	Latimer	Wind	201 MW
Century	Blairsburg	Wind	201 MW
Ida Grove Ii	Ida Grove	Wind	201 MW
Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc	Britt	Wind	200 MW
Heartland Divide Ii	Audubon	Wind	200 MW
Golden Plains	Buffalo Center	Wind	200 MW
Whispering Willow Wind Farm - East	Iowa Falls	Wind	200 MW
Turtle Creek Wind Farm Llc	St. Ansgar	Wind	199 MW
Marshalltown	Marshalltown	Natural Gas	189 MW
Exira	Brayton	Natural Gas	182 MW
Archer Daniels Midland Clinton	Clinton	Coal	180 MW
Pleasant Hill	Pleasant Hill	Natural Gas	180 MW
Intrepid	Schaller	Wind	176 MW
Adair Wind Farm	Adair	Wind	175 MW
English Farms	Montezuma	Wind	172 MW

By county

Pottawattamie County2 plants · 1,813 MW Woodbury County3 plants · 1,284 MW Marshall County7 plants · 1,189 MW Adair County17 plants · 1,151 MW Polk County8 plants · 1,065 MW Louisa County2 plants · 911 MW Cerro Gordo County5 plants · 784 MW Linn County22 plants · 760 MW O'brien County3 plants · 754 MW Wapello County2 plants · 729 MW Poweshiek County9 plants · 532 MW Mitchell County5 plants · 521 MW Franklin County5 plants · 508 MW Cass County6 plants · 502 MW Ida County2 plants · 502 MW Audubon County3 plants · 485 MW Kossuth County8 plants · 462 MW Hamilton County4 plants · 451 MW Hancock County3 plants · 448 MW Clay County3 plants · 442 MW Story County18 plants · 432 MW Union County4 plants · 422 MW Black Hawk County8 plants · 394 MW Pocahontas County4 plants · 379 MW Palo Alto County5 plants · 374 MW Buena Vista County4 plants · 373 MW Webster County5 plants · 360 MW Lee County4 plants · 359 MW Worth County7 plants · 356 MW Boone County4 plants · 347 MW Winnebago County7 plants · 332 MW Muscatine County6 plants · 321 MW Carroll County5 plants · 298 MW Des Moines County2 plants · 290 MW Iowa County3 plants · 277 MW Allamakee County2 plants · 276 MW Grundy County4 plants · 242 MW Chickasaw County2 plants · 228 MW Cherokee County1 plants · 211 MW Sac County2 plants · 210 MW Guthrie County2 plants · 209 MW Adams County4 plants · 204 MW Plymouth County1 plants · 202 MW Clinton County3 plants · 180 MW Mahaska County1 plants · 168 MW Osceola County6 plants · 167 MW Howard County3 plants · 166 MW Dickinson County5 plants · 164 MW Hardin County2 plants · 153 MW Madison County2 plants · 137 MW Johnson County5 plants · 124 MW Taylor County4 plants · 122 MW Floyd County3 plants · 118 MW Delaware County5 plants · 110 MW Crawford County3 plants · 101 MW Marion County5 plants · 100 MW Bremer County4 plants · 74 MW Greene County4 plants · 74 MW Jackson County5 plants · 47 MW Warren County1 plants · 40 MW Monroe County1 plants · 40 MW Henry County3 plants · 33 MW Dubuque County6 plants · 27 MW Page County2 plants · 20 MW Cedar County3 plants · 19 MW Benton County1 plants · 17 MW Emmet County2 plants · 17 MW Tama County5 plants · 11 MW Decatur County1 plants · 10 MW Davis County2 plants · 10 MW Appanoose County2 plants · 7 MW Clayton County4 plants · 6 MW Winneshiek County3 plants · 5 MW Bremer County1 plants · 5 MW Wright County1 plants · 5 MW Guthrie County1 plants · 4 MW Montgomery County1 plants · 4 MW Shelby County1 plants · 3 MW Scott County3 plants · 2 MW Lyon County1 plants · 2 MW Lucas County1 plants · 2 MW Buchanan County1 plants · 1 MW Dallas County1 plants · 1 MW