Cottonwood Wind Energy Center
Webster County, Nebraska · EIA plant ID 61407 · Operator: Cottonwood Wind Project
Nameplate90MWSummer 90 MW
Generators1in service
Net generation384GWh12 mo to Aug 2026
Capacity factor49%wind units, summer MW
Heat rate—thermal plants only
First online2017
The 12-month figures include preliminary EIA-923 months, which EIA revises. Final data runs through Dec 2025.
Monthly net generation
EIA-923, all units at the plant. Net of station use; storage can go negative.
FinalPreliminary
Capacity factor by year
Net MWh ÷ (summer MW × hours), wind units. Each year uses that year's EIA-860 ratings; the hollow dot is the latest 12 months.
Heat rate by year
Electric fuel MMBtu × 1000 ÷ net MWh (Btu/kWh, HHV), fossil units only; CT + CA counted as one combined-cycle block.
Heat rate applies to fuel-burning (thermal) units only.
Annual data table
| Year | Net GWh | Capacity factor | Heat rate (Btu/kWh) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 68.9 | 52.5% | — |
| 2018 | 411.7 | 52.4% | — |
| 2019 | 423.8 | 53.9% | — |
| 2020 | 432.6 | 54.9% | — |
| 2021 | 412.7 | 52.5% | — |
| 2022 | 437.9 | 55.7% | — |
| 2023 | 410 | 52.2% | — |
| 2024 | 410.6 | 52.1% | — |
| 2025 | 374.2 | 47.6% | — |
Generators
EIA-860 (annual) with EIA-860M updates through Sep 2026. EIA-923 reports generation by plant, prime mover and fuel, not by unit, so unit-level output isn't shown.
| Gen ID | Technology | Prime mover | Nameplate MW | Summer MW | Online | Status | Planned retirement | OEM / model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTNWD | Onshore Wind Turbine | WT | 89.7 | 89.7 | Nov 2017 | Operating | — | ge 2.3-107 |
Owner / operator
Operator: Cottonwood Wind Project. Ownership shares by in-service nameplate MW (EIA-860 Schedule 4; units not listed there are wholly owned by the operator).
| Cottonwood Wind Project | 100.0% | 90 MW |
Nearby plants
Within 80 km.
| Little Blue Wind Project, LLC | 251 MW | 4.9 km |
| City Light & Water | 1 MW | 10.5 km |
| Red Cloud | 6 MW | 18.5 km |
| Campbell Village | 1 MW | 28.5 km |
| CCC Hastings Wind Turbine | 2 MW | 37.2 km |
| Don Henry | 22 MW | 38.2 km |