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Wind Energy Production Sites in Iowa

The following map shows the different locations in Iowa with wind production facilities. Each site is given a number, and those in purple represent small-scale facilities, and those in red represent wind farms and other utility-owned turbines. Clicking on different regions of the map will provide information in PDF format on wind installations in that region of Iowa.

Northwestern Iowa,*pdf	North-central Iowa,*pdf	Northeastern Iowa,*pdf
Southwestern Iowa,*pdf	South-central Iowa,*pdf	Southeastern Iowa,*pdf

Quick Iowa Wind Turbine Facts:

• Total number of turbines
  • 747
• Total nameplate capacity
  • 637.11 MW
• Large commercial wind farms
  • 685 turbines
  • Total capacity of 616.53 MW
• Municipal utility and rural electric cooperative owned turbines
  • 11 turbines
  • Total capacity of 6.893 MW
• School districts and other educational institutions
  • 10 turbines
  • Total capacity of 5.06 MW
• Small wind farms and other small turbines
  • 41 turbines
  • Total capacity of 8.627 MW

DNR Contact
Lee Vannoy
(515)281-6559
lee.vannoy@dnr.state.ia.us