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Steele Flats Wind Project LLC

Wind power plant in Nebraska, United States of America. Approximate location 40.0489, -96.9522.

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Steele Flats Wind Project LLC is a 75 MW wind power plant in Nebraska, United States of America. It is operated by Steele Flats Wind Project LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 308 GWh, it can supply roughly 87,885 homes. It ranks #2315 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2013, it is around 13 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).

75MW installed capacity
308GWh reported / yr
87,885homes powered
2013commissioned (~13 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0058594.

Reported generation trend

2013: 63 GWh20132014: 332 GWh20142015: 315 GWh20152016: 319 GWh20162017: 317 GWh20172018: 303 GWh20182019: 308 GWh2019332 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Steele Flats Wind Project 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 40.0°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

11.6°Cannual mean temp
2,946heating degree-days (base 18°C)
645cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
401 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -4 °CJF: 0 °CFM: 5 °CMA: 12 °CAM: 17 °CMJ: 23 °CJJ: 26 °CJA: 25 °CAS: 20 °CSO: 13 °CON: 5 °CND: -1 °CD26 °C

Heating degree-days here run 20% 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: 61/100 — this site sits in the mid 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 #552 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 40.0489, -96.9522 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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