Power plants planned and retiring in Iowa
Iowa plans 1,061 MW, 4% of its 23,774 MW in service (46th of 51). 302 MW is being built or tested; solar leads at 776 MW.
Iowa: planned against running
Iowa planned, by fuel
- Solar 776 MW (73%)
- Wind 252 MW (24%)
- Natural gas 33 MW (3%)
Iowa operating, by fuel
- Solar 699 MW (3%)
- Storage 109 MW (0%)
- Wind 13,259 MW (56%)
- Natural gas 3,801 MW (16%)
- Coal 4,847 MW (20%)
- Hydro 209 MW (1%)
- Oil 822 MW (3%)
- Other 27 MW (0%)
When Iowa capacity arrives and leaves
MW due online and retiring in Iowa, 2026 to 2030: 4 rows
| Year | Iowa planned MW | Iowa retiring MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 202 | No data |
| 2027 | 133 | 80 |
| 2028 | 726 | No data |
| 2030 | No data | 40 |
4 rows from EIA-860M.
CSVIowa projects dated after 2035 or without a year: 0 MW.
Where the Iowa projects are
Iowa: 6 counties shaded, darker for more planned MW.
Filter Iowa planned projects
Filter the 9 planned project lines in Iowa.
1,061 MW across 9 project lines, 4% of the 23,774 MW operating in Iowa.
- Silver Queen Wind Farm, Crawford: 252 MW wind, online 2028
- Hawkeye Solar II, LLC, Clinton: 250 MW solar, online 2028
- Hawkeye Solar, LLC, Clinton: 200 MW solar, online 2028
- Rock Creek Solar, Clinton: 150 MW solar, online 2026
- Coggon Solar LLC, Linn: 100 MW solar, online 2027
What the Iowa numbers say
Iowa runs 23,774 MW today. The planned list would add 1,061 MW (4%) while 120 MW (1%) of operating units carry a retirement date. Through 2035, Iowa has 1,061 MW due online and 120 MW due to retire there.
Iowa planned mix: 97% solar, storage and wind, 3% natural gas. Iowa stages: 302 MW under construction or in testing, 57 MW permits received, not started, 702 MW permits pending. Iowa retired 429 MW from 2021 to 2026 and has 1,206 MW on the canceled or postponed list.
Iowa capacity by fuel and status
| Iowa fuel | Operating MW | Planned MW | Retiring MW | Retired MW | Canceled in Iowa, MW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar | 699 | 776 | – | – | – |
| Storage | 109 | – | – | – | – |
| Wind | 13,259 | 252 | 80 | 7 | 1,203 |
| Natural gas | 3,801 | 33 | 40 | 138 | – |
| Coal | 4,847 | – | – | 256 | – |
| Hydro | 209 | – | – | – | – |
| Oil | 822 | – | – | 29 | 1 |
| Other | 27 | – | – | – | 2 |
| All fuels | 23,774 | 1,061 | 120 | 429 | 1,206 |
Iowa counties with the most planned capacity
| Iowa county | Planned, MW | Generators | Largest fuel |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton County | 600 | 3 | Solar |
| Crawford County | 252 | 1 | Wind |
| Linn County | 100 | 1 | Solar |
| Muscatine County | 57 | 2 | Natural gas |
| Mills County | 50 | 1 | Solar |
| Allamakee County | 2 | 1 | Solar |
Largest planned projects in Iowa
| Iowa plant | County | Fuel | Stage | Due | MW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Queen Wind Farm | Crawford | Wind | Permits pending | 2028 | 252 |
| Hawkeye Solar II, LLC | Clinton | Solar | Permits pending | 2028 | 250 |
| Hawkeye Solar, LLC | Clinton | Solar | Permits pending | 2028 | 200 |
| Rock Creek Solar | Clinton | Solar | Under construction or in testing | 2026 | 150 |
| Coggon Solar LLC | Linn | Solar | Under construction or in testing | 2027 | 100 |
| Mills Solar Project | Mills | Solar | Under construction or in testing | 2026 | 50 |
| Muscatine Plant #1 | Muscatine | Natural gas | Permits received, not started | 2027 | 33 |
| MPW Solar 1 | Muscatine | Solar | Permits received, not started | 2028 | 24 |
| Teeple Creek | Allamakee | Solar | Under construction or in testing | 2026 | 2 |
Iowa against its neighbors
Iowa: planned MW equal 4% of operating. Bordering states: Illinois plans 16% of what it runs (11 points above Iowa); Minnesota plans 9% of what it runs (5 points above Iowa); Missouri plans 16% of what it runs (12 points above Iowa); Nebraska plans 17% of what it runs (12 points above Iowa); South Dakota plans 5% of what it runs (1 points above Iowa); Wisconsin plans 26% of what it runs (22 points above Iowa).
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Sources
EIA-860M inventory for Iowa: 723 operating generators, 9 planned lines, edition August 2026, retrieved 5 Oct 2026. Sources for {e(sn)}.
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Questions
Iowa: how much new power plant capacity is planned?
1,061 MW, 4% of the 23,774 MW Iowa runs. 302 MW is being built or tested in Iowa.
Iowa: what kind of power plants are planned?
Solar leads Iowa with 776 of 1,061 planned MW.
Iowa: which power plants are retiring?
120 MW of Iowa units have a retirement date, of which 0 MW is coal and 40 MW natural gas.
Will Iowa get all the planned plants?
Not necessarily. Iowa has 1,206 MW canceled or postponed, and 429 MW (coal the largest group) retired from 2021 to 2026.