MidAmerican RES power stations — United States of America

MidAmerican RES power stations is a 2,562.5 MW gas power station in Iowa, United States of America. It ranks #62 of 10,884 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 40.0% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

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

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 2,562.5 MW, MidAmerican RES power stations is well above the median gas plant in United States of America (121.2 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #16 largest gas power plant of 2165 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 2165 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 789,950 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

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• Optimum Wind 7 LLC · Wind · 3 MW · Iowa
• NCAH Central Utility Plant · Oil · 14.9 MW · Iowa

Location

Coordinates 42.075, -93.496 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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