Power Plants in Wisconsin

Wisconsin operates 292 power plants totaling 19,804 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas dominates the mix at 43%, followed by Coal (29%) and Solar (11%). The largest plant is Elm Road Generating Station at 1,402 MW.

Plants292operating sites

Capacity19,804 MWnameplate

Generation62.5M MWhannual

CO₂36.2Mmetric tons/year

Natural Gas 43%Coal 29%Solar 11%Nuclear 7%Wind 4%Biomass 3%Hydroelectric 3%

Plant locations

Showing the 120 largest plants by capacity. Wisconsin operates another 172 plants below this size — browse the lists below to reach them.

Largest plants in Wisconsin

Plant	City	Fuel	Capacity
Elm Road Generating Station	Oak Creek	Coal	1,403 MW
Point Beach Nuclear Plant	Two Rivers	Nuclear	1,311 MW
South Oak Creek	Oak Creek	Coal	1,240 MW
Port Washington Generating Station	Port Washington	Natural Gas	1,230 MW
Columbia (Wi)	Pardeville	Coal	1,112 MW
Weston	Rothschild	Coal	1,103 MW
West Riverside Energy Center	Beloit	Natural Gas	728 MW
Riverside Energy Center	Beloit	Natural Gas	675 MW
Fox Energy Center	Wrightstown	Natural Gas	619 MW
Rockgen Energy Center	Cambridge	Natural Gas	561 MW
Edgewater	Sheboygan	Coal	414 MW
John P Madgett	Alma	Coal	387 MW
Concord	Watertown	Natural Gas	382 MW
South Fond Du Lac	Fond Du Lac	Natural Gas	382 MW
Paris (Wi)	Union Grove	Natural Gas	382 MW
Alliant Energy Neenah	Neenah	Natural Gas	371 MW
Sheboygan Falls	Sheboygan	Natural Gas	347 MW
Germantown	Germantown	Natural Gas	336 MW
Whitewater Generating Station	Whitewater	Natural Gas	284 MW
Valley (Wi)	Milwaukee	Natural Gas	275 MW
West Marinette	Peshtigo	Natural Gas	270 MW
Wheaton	Eau Claire	Natural Gas	247 MW
Grant County	Town Of Potosi	Solar	200 MW
Paris Solar	Union Grove	Solar	200 MW
De Pere Energy Center	De Pere	Natural Gas	192 MW
French Island	La Cross	Biomass	188 MW
West Campus Cogeneration Facility	Madison	Natural Gas	169 MW
Glacier Hills	Cambria	Wind	162 MW
Badger Hollow I	Montfort	Solar	150 MW
Two Creeks Solar	Two Rivers	Solar	150 MW
Badger Hollow Ii	Cobb	Solar	150 MW
Onion River	Sheboygan Cedar Grove	Solar	150 MW
Wood County	Nekoosa	Solar	150 MW
Blue Sky Green Field Wind Project	Fond Du Lac	Wind	145 MW
Weston Rice	Kronenwetter	Natural Gas	132 MW
Forward Wind Energy Center	Brownsville	Wind	129 MW
Manitowoc	Manitowoc	Oil	117 MW
Blount Street	Madison	Natural Gas	100 MW
Point Beach Solar	Two Creeks	Solar	100 MW
Springfield Solar (Wi)	Lomira	Solar	100 MW
Wautoma Solar	Wautoma	Solar	99.0 MW
Quilt Block Wind Farm Llc	Darlington	Wind	98.0 MW
Red Barn Energy	Montfort	Wind	91.6 MW
Pulliam	Green Bay	Natural Gas	91.0 MW
West Marinette 34	Peshtigo	Natural Gas	83.0 MW
Crawfish River	Jefferson	Solar	75.0 MW
Wisconsin Rapids Pulp Mill	Wisconsin Rapids	Biomass	72.3 MW
Elk Mound	Elk Mound	Natural Gas	71.0 MW
Cedar Ridge	Eden	Wind	67.7 MW
Combined Locks Energy Center	Combined Locks	Natural Gas	66.5 MW

By county

Milwaukee County10 plants · 2,968 MW Manitowoc County7 plants · 1,707 MW Rock County14 plants · 1,575 MW Marathon County7 plants · 1,324 MW Columbia County6 plants · 1,300 MW Ozaukee County2 plants · 1,237 MW Dane County23 plants · 1,146 MW Sheboygan County5 plants · 913 MW Outagamie County13 plants · 837 MW Jefferson County8 plants · 754 MW Fond Du Lac County8 plants · 606 MW Chippewa County12 plants · 518 MW Wood County9 plants · 403 MW Kenosha County5 plants · 400 MW Buffalo County3 plants · 390 MW Marinette County9 plants · 386 MW Winnebago County2 plants · 373 MW Grant County8 plants · 353 MW Washington County5 plants · 352 MW Brown County7 plants · 352 MW Dodge County5 plants · 337 MW Iowa County3 plants · 330 MW Racine County5 plants · 217 MW La Crosse County2 plants · 189 MW Lafayette County2 plants · 100 MW Waushara County1 plants · 99 MW Richland County4 plants · 56 MW Ashland County2 plants · 48 MW Lincoln County5 plants · 45 MW Juneau County9 plants · 44 MW Polk County5 plants · 43 MW Barron County5 plants · 39 MW Rusk County6 plants · 38 MW Sauk County1 plants · 33 MW Oneida County3 plants · 30 MW Portage County5 plants · 24 MW Adams County2 plants · 23 MW Trempealeau County2 plants · 21 MW Florence County3 plants · 18 MW Dunn County5 plants · 15 MW Douglas County3 plants · 15 MW Walworth County2 plants · 13 MW Eau Claire County2 plants · 12 MW Kewaunee County2 plants · 11 MW Monroe County3 plants · 10 MW Sawyer County4 plants · 10 MW Burnett County4 plants · 8 MW Shawano County1 plants · 7 MW Jackson County3 plants · 7 MW Price County5 plants · 6 MW Langlade County1 plants · 6 MW Vernon County5 plants · 5 MW Door County1 plants · 5 MW St Croix County3 plants · 4 MW Waukesha County2 plants · 4 MW Oconto County3 plants · 4 MW Washburn County3 plants · 3 MW Green Lake County1 plants · 2 MW Clark County1 plants · 2 MW Pierce County1 plants · 2 MW Taylor County1 plants · 2 MW Iron County1 plants · 1 MW Fond Du Lac County1 plants · 0 MW Vilas County1 plants · 0 MW