Palo Alto Wind Farm
Palo Alto County, Iowa · EIA plant ID 63053 · Operator: MidAmerican Energy Co
Nameplate340MWSummer 340 MW
Generators2in service
Net generation1,449GWh12 mo to Aug 2026
Capacity factor49%wind units, summer MW
Heat rate—thermal plants only
First online2020
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 965.6 | 42.7% | — |
| 2021 | 1,418 | 47.6% | — |
| 2022 | 1,631.5 | 54.8% | — |
| 2023 | 1,421.8 | 47.7% | — |
| 2024 | 1,508.7 | 50.5% | — |
| 2025 | 1,454.3 | 48.8% | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAWF | Onshore Wind Turbine | WT | 250 | 250 | Jan 2020 | Operating | — | vestas V110-2.0 |
| PAWF2 | Onshore Wind Turbine | WT | 90 | 90 | Dec 2020 | Operating | — | vestas V110-2.0 |
Owner / operator
Operator: MidAmerican Energy Co. Ownership shares by in-service nameplate MW (EIA-860 Schedule 4; units not listed there are wholly owned by the operator).
| MidAmerican Energy Co | 100.0% | 340 MW |
Nearby plants
Within 80 km.
| Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg | 4 MW | 14.9 km |
| Graettinger | 3 MW | 16.8 km |
| Bancroft | 4 MW | 28.5 km |
| West Bend | 7 MW | 28.5 km |
| Algona | 16 MW | 29.1 km |
| Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm | 2 MW | 29.4 km |