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MidAmerican Energy Co — power plant portfolio

MidAmerican Energy Co operates 45 power plants across 1 country, with a combined installed capacity of 11,395 MW. Its plants with asset-level emissions data total 6,605,554 t CO₂/yr.

45power plants
11,395MW total capacity
1countries
6,605,554t CO₂/yr (source-labelled)

Fleet by fuel

Wind: 27 plants27WindGas: 9 plants9GasOil: 4 plants4OilCoal: 4 plants4CoalStorage: 1 plants1Storage

Fleet interpretation

MidAmerican Energy Co is represented here as an asset portfolio, not just a company label. The visible fleet spans 1 country; the largest concentration is United States of America (45).

The fuel mix by asset count is wind (27), gas (9), oil (4), coal (4). The largest listed asset is Walter Scott Jr Energy Center in United States of America (1,648 MW), and the mean listed unit size is about 254 MW across units with capacity data.

CO₂ coverage is source-labelled: 3 plants have a reported or modelled CO₂ value in the dataset, including 3 measured records. Missing values remain blank rather than inferred as company totals.

Method: plant-level records are grouped by owner/operator label, then aggregated by country, fuel, capacity and CO₂ provenance.

All 45 plants

PlantFuelCountryMWt CO₂/yr
Walter Scott Jr Energy CenterCoalUnited States of America1,6485,752,624
LouisaCoalUnited States of America812
George Neal SouthCoalUnited States of America696
George Neal NorthCoalUnited States of America584
Greater Des MoinesGasUnited States of America576839,556
Orient Wind FarmWindUnited States of America501
Highland Wind Project (IA)WindUnited States of America497
Rolling Hills Wind FarmWindUnited States of America484
Beaver Creek WindWindUnited States of America340
North EnglishWindUnited States of America340
Ida Grove WindWindUnited States of America301
Pomeroy Wind FarmWindUnited States of America295
ElectrifarmGasUnited States of America264
Lundgren Wind ProjectWindUnited States of America251
O'Brien WindWindUnited States of America250
Arbor Hill Wind FarmWindUnited States of America250
Eclipse Wind FarmWindUnited States of America207
CenturyWindUnited States of America201
Ida Grove IIWindUnited States of America201
Pleasant HillGasUnited States of America18013,374
Adair Wind FarmWindUnited States of America175
IntrepidWindUnited States of America174
Prairie Wind FarmWindUnited States of America168
Walnut Wind FarmWindUnited States of America165
Carroll Wind FarmWindUnited States of America159
Sycamore (IA)GasUnited States of America158
Adams WindWindUnited States of America154
Vienna Wind FarmWindUnited States of America151
Wellsburg Wind ProjectWindUnited States of America141
RiversideGasUnited States of America136
River HillsGasUnited States of America128
Laurel Wind FarmWindUnited States of America123
Macksburg Wind ProjectWindUnited States of America120
Victory Wind FarmWindUnited States of America105
Morning Light Wind FarmWindUnited States of America101
Ivester Wind FarmWindUnited States of America91
Charles City Wind FarmWindUnited States of America80
MolineGasUnited States of America76
Coralville GTGasUnited States of America72
Merl ParrGasUnited States of America36
ShenandoahOilUnited States of America20
Waterloo LundquistOilUnited States of America18
Knoxville IndustrialOilUnited States of America16
Anderson EricksonOilUnited States of America2
Knoxville Battery Energy StorageStorageUnited States of America1

Ownership & capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). CO₂ is measured for EPA/EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records.

Frequently asked questions

How many power plants does MidAmerican Energy Co operate?

MidAmerican Energy Co operates 45 power plants across 1 country, with about 11,395 MW of total capacity.

What is MidAmerican Energy Co's largest power plant?

Walter Scott Jr Energy Center in United States of America is its largest at about 1,648 MW.

What types of power plants does MidAmerican Energy Co run?

Its fleet is mostly wind (27), gas (9), oil (4).

How much CO₂ do MidAmerican Energy Co's plants emit?

Its reporting plants emit about 6,605,554 tonnes of CO₂ per year in this dataset.

By Dmytro Aheiev, Inzonex Research · ORCID 0009-0001-5512-0291 · data sources and methodology