Dane County, Wisconsin has 23 power plants totaling 1,146 MW of nameplate capacity. Browse every plant below with fuel type, operator, and capacity.
| Plant | City | Fuel | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockgen Energy Center | Cambridge | Natural Gas | 561 MW | Dairyland Power Coop |
| West Campus Cogeneration Facility | Madison | Natural Gas | 169 MW | Madison Gas & Electric Co |
| Blount Street | Madison | Natural Gas | 100 MW | Madison Gas & Electric Co |
| Fitchburg | Madison | Natural Gas | 57.6 MW | Madison Gas & Electric Co |
| Diesel Generators | Madison | Oil | 54.0 MW | Madison Gas & Electric Co |
| Epic Verona | Verona | Solar | 45.5 MW | Epic Hosting, Llc |
| Sycamore (Wi) | Madison | Natural Gas | 41.6 MW | Madison Gas & Electric Co |
| O'brien Solar Fields | Fitchburg | Solar | 22.1 MW | Madison Gas & Electric Co |
| Dane County Solar Llc | Cottage Grove | Solar | 17.3 MW | Dane County Solar Llc |
| Nine Springs | Madison | Natural Gas | 16.2 MW | Madison Gas & Electric Co |
| Uw Madison Charter Street Plant | Madison | Natural Gas | 11.0 MW | State Of Wisconsin |
| Dane County Airport Solar | Madison | Solar | 10.8 MW | Madison Gas & Electric Co |
| Galactic Wind | Waunakee | Wind | 9.9 MW | Galactic Wind |
| Hermsdorf Solar | Madison | Solar | 8.0 MW | Madison Gas & Electric Co |
| Tyto Solar | Fitchburg | Solar | 6.0 MW | Madison Gas & Electric Co |
| Strix Solar | Fitchburg | Solar | 6.0 MW | Madison Gas & Electric Co |
| Middleton Airport Solar | Middleton | Solar | 5.6 MW | Madison Gas & Electric Co |
| Middleton Biogas Solar, Llc | Middleton | Solar | 2.2 MW | Middleton Biogas Solar, Llc |
| Capitol Heat And Power | Madison | Oil | 2.0 MW | State Of Wisconsin |
| Uw Kegonsa Customer Hosted Solar | Stoughton | Solar | — MW | Wisconsin Power & Light Co |
| Sunnyside Solar Energy Center | Fitchburg | Battery Storage | — MW | Madison Gas & Electric Co |
| Mcfarland Schools Customer Hosted | Mcfarland | Solar | — MW | Wisconsin Power & Light Co |
| Vienna Walbec Customer Hosted | Waunakee | Solar | — MW | Wisconsin Power & Light Co |
Dane County, Wisconsin has 23 power plants totaling 1,146 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the dominant fuel source at 83% of installed capacity, followed by Solar (11%) and Oil (5%). The largest facility is Rockgen Energy Center at 561 MW. Data comes from EIA Form 860, EIA Form 923, and EPA eGRID federal releases.
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