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Lost Lakes Wind Farm LLC

Wind power plant in Iowa, United States of America. Approximate location 43.3456, -95.3233.

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Lost Lakes Wind Farm LLC is a 100 MW wind power station in Iowa, United States of America. It is operated by Lost Lakes Wind Farm LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 302 GWh, it can supply roughly 86,257 homes. It ranks #1960 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2010, it is around 16 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 10.3% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

100MW installed capacity
302GWh reported / yr
86,257homes powered
2010commissioned (~16 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0057111.

Reported generation trend

2013: 345 GWh20132014: 368 GWh20142015: 343 GWh20152016: 346 GWh20162017: 341 GWh20172018: 313 GWh20182019: 302 GWh2019368 GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Lost Lakes Wind Farm LLC.

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 43.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

7.5°Cannual mean temp
4,124heating degree-days (base 18°C)
311cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
423 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -10 °CJF: -6 °CFM: 0 °CMA: 8 °CAM: 15 °CMJ: 20 °CJJ: 22 °CJA: 21 °CAS: 16 °CSO: 10 °CON: 0 °CND: -7 °CD22 °C

Heating degree-days here run 68% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 86/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #446 largest wind power plant of 1139 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 1139 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 104,477 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 43.3456, -95.3233 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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