List of power stations in Wisconsin explained

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, sorted by type and name. In 2019, Wisconsin had a total summer capacity of 15,312 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 66,774 GWh.^[1] The corresponding electrical energy generation mix in 2021 was 41.8% coal, 33.8% natural gas, 15.2% nuclear, 3.8% hydroelectric, 2.5% wind, 1.7% biomass (including refuse-derived fuel), solar (0.9%), and petroleum (0.3%).

The Fox River powered the world's first commercial hydroelectric central power station, the Vulcan Street Plant, during 1882 to 1891.^[2] An exact replica of the plant, designated as a National Historic Engineering Landmark, is located near the original site in Appleton.^[3] Wisconsin also has the nation's oldest (since 1891) continuously operating hydroelectric facility in Whiting according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.^[4]

During the first half of the 20th century, Wisconsin's utility companies pioneered efficiency improvements for coal-fired electricity generation at the former East Wells (Onieda) Street Power Plant,^[5] and former Port Washington Power Plant.^[6] Nuclear power has generated Wisconsin's largest share of carbon-free electrical energy since 1970.^[7] Natural gas generation has nearly quadrupled over the past decade to replace retiring facilities and satisfy rising demand.^[8]

Nuclear power stations

Retired facilities:

• Kewaunee Nuclear Generating Station - 556 MW: operated 1974-2013
• La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor - 50 MW: operated 1969-1987

Fossil-fuel power stations

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.

Coal-fired

Plant	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Ref	Year Opened	Note
Columbia Energy Center	Portage, Wisconsin	43.4861°N -89.4203°W	1137	[10]	1975/1978	closing mid-2026
Edgewater Generating Station	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	43.7156°N -87.7064°W	414	[11]	1985	closing June 2025 [12]
		42.8492°N -87.8336°W	1263	[13]	2010/2011
Genoa Generating Station	Genoa, Wisconsin	43.5592°N -91.2319°W	308	[14]	1969	closed 2021 [15]
John P. Madgett Generating Station		44.3031°N -91.9125°W	390	[16]	1979
	Oak Creek, Wisconsin	42.8457°N -87.8294°W	1097	[17]	1959-1967	closing late 2025
Weston Generating Station		44.8586°N -89.6497°W	879	[18]	1981/2008	see also natural gas

Natural gas-fired

Plant	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Generation Type	Ref	Year Opened	Note
Blackhawk Generating Station	Beloit, Wisconsin	42.5064°N -89.0322°W	50		[19]	1946/1948	1913 coal plant. closed 2010[20]
Blount Generating Station		43.0792°N -89.3742°W	95	Steam turbine (x2)	[21]	1957/1961
Concord Generating Station		43.1681°N -88.6869°W	364	Simple cycle (x4)	[22]	1993/1994
De Pere Energy Center		44.4486°N -88.072°W	167	Simple cycle	[23]	1999
		44.3205°N -88.2089°W	568		[24]	2005/2006
		43.1961°N -88.1503°W	81	Simple cycle	[25]	2000	see also petrol
Neenah Power Plant		44.1936°N -88.5064°W	299	Simple cycle (x2)	[26]	2000
Paris Generating Station		42.6658°N -88.0131°W	362	Simple cycle (x4)	[27]	1995
	Port Washington, Wisconsin	43.9769°N -87.87°W	1204	2x1 combined cycle (x2)	[28]	2005/2008
		44.54°N -88.0086°W	80	Simple cycle	[29]	2003	closed 2018[30]
	Town of Beloit, Wisconsin	42.5828°N -89.0353°W	567	2x1 combined cycle	[31]	2004
	Town of Christiana, Wisconsin	42.9769°N -89.0486°W	489	Simple cycle (x3)	[32]	2001
Sheboygan Falls Plant		43.7518°N -87.8781°W	306	Simple cycle (x2)	[33]	2005
South Fond Du Lac		43.7353°N -88.4967°W	344	Simple cycle (x4)	[34]	1993-1996
		43.0297°N -87.9239°W	263	Steam turbine (x2)	[35]	1968/1969
		43.0751°N -89.4251°W	126	1x1 combined cycle	[36]	2005
West Marinette Plant		45.0869°N -87.6881°W	154	Simple cycle (x4)	[37]	1971-2000
Weston Generating Station		44.8586°N -89.6497°W	75	Simple cycle	[38]	1960	see also coal
Wheaton Generating Plant		44.8858°N -91.5158°W	186	Simple cycle (x4)	[39]	1973
Whitewater Cogeneration Plant		42.8553°N -88.73°W	261	1x1 combined cycle	[40]	1997

Petroleum-fired

Plant	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Generation Type	Ref	Year Opened	Note
Epic Verona Power Plant		42.9968°N -89.5687°W	41		Reciprocating engine (x18)		2009/2013
		43.8292°N -91.2597°W	122	Simple cycle (x2)	[41]	1974	see also biomass/refuse
		43.1961°N -88.1503°W	189	Simple cycle (x4)		1978	see also gas
Manitowoc Power Plant		44.082°N -87.6558°W	58	Steam turbine	[42]	2007	petroleum coke. see also biomass/refuse

Renewable power stations

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.
Renew Wisconsin maintains additional data on the state's renewable generation resources.

Biomass and refuse

Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Fuel Type	Ref	Year Opened	Note
Ameresco Janesville	Rock County	42.7083°N -89.0208°W	3.0	landfill gas		2004
Bay Front Plant	Ashland County	46.5872°N -90.9017°W	47.0	wood/ wood waste	[43]	1952	co-fired with natural gas
Berlin Landfill	Green Lake County	43.9603°N -88.9158°W	2.4	landfill gas		2001
Dane Community Digester	Dane County	43.2172°N -89.4792°W	2.0	biogas		2011
Dairyland WTE Plant	Brown County	44.5401°N -87.8056°W	1.4	biogas		2012
Deertrack Park Landfill	Jefferson County	43.09°N -88.7397°W	6.4	landfill gas		2006/2007
FCPC Renewable Generation	Milwaukee County	43.03°N -87.9409°W	2.0	biogas		2013
Fiber Recovery Landfill	Marathon County	44.8875°N -89.3859°W	2.4	landfill gas		2008
Flambeau River Papers	Price County	45.9356°N -90.4472°W	5.7	wood/ wood waste	[44]	1982
French Island Generating Plant	La Crosse County	43.8292°N -91.2597°W	16.0	wood/ wood waste/ refuse	[45]	1940/1948	co-fired with petrol
GL Dairy Biogas	Dane County	43.1244°N -89.545°W	2.0	biogas		2013
GreenWhey Energy	Polk County	45.3903°N -92.1625°W	3.2	biogas		2013
Holsum Dairy	Calumet County	44.115°N -88.2172°W	2.2	biogas		2001/2006
Kaukauna Paper Mill	Outagamie County	44.2826°N -88.2534°W	32.6	wood/ wood waste	[46]	1951/1962/ 1977
Metro Landfill GR	Milwaukee County	42.8506°N -88.0697°W	3.2	landfill gas		2000
MMSD Wastewater	Milwaukee County	42.8869°N -87.8422°W	5.0	biogas		2000/2009/ 2010
Manitowoc Power Plant	Manitowoc County	44.082°N -87.6558°W	44.0	wood/ wood waste	[47]	1955/1962
Mosinee Mill	Marathon County	44.7881°N -89.6917°W	48.0	wood/ wood waste		1951/1976
Nekoosa Paper Mill	Wood County	44.3142°N -89.8964°W	12.5	wood/ wood waste	[48]	1991
Outagamie Landfill Cogen	Outagamie County	44.2869°N -88.3339°W	6.4	landfill gas		2007/2016
Pheasant Run Landfill GR	Kenosha County	42.5825°N -88.0436°W	8.8	landfill gas		1992/1996/ 2000/2002
Richland Center	Richland County	43.3144°N -90.3731°W	1.6	biogas		2013
Ridgeview Landfill GR	Manitowoc County	44.175°N -87.8285°W	6.4	landfill gas		2002/2006
Rothschild Biomass Cogen Facility	Marathon County	44.8878°N -89.6297°W	46.1	wood/ wood waste	[49]	2013
Timberline Trail Landfill GR	Rusk County	45.4533°N -91.3583°W	4.0	landfill gas		2006
Winnebago Landfill GR	Winnebago County	44.083°N -88.5411°W	3.9	landfill gas		2000/2007/ 2010/2019
Wisconsin Rapids Pulp Mill	Wood County	44.8878°N -89.6297°W	64.7	wood/ wood waste	[50]	1968/1991

Hydroelectric

See also: List of dams and reservoirs in Wisconsin.

• WE Energies operates 13 hydro facilities, totaling 89 MW.^[51]
• Alliant Energy operates 2 hydro facilities, maxing out at 31 MW.^[52]

Plant	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Ref	Year Opened	Notes
Appleton Powerhouse	Outagamie County	44.2539°N -88.4096°W	2.2	[53] [54]	1901
Big Falls Mill Pond	Waupaca County	44.6195°N -89.015°W	0.4		1926
Big Fall Hydro	Rusk County	44.6194°N -89.0149°W	3.3		1922	1.1 MW added 1993
Biron Falls Hydro	Wood County	44.4321°N -89.7791°W	5.4		1896	2.6 MW added 1921
	Adams County	43.8656°N -89.9514°W	15.0		1950
Chippewa Falls Hydro	Chippewa County	44.9321°N -91.3891°W	21.6		1928
Cornell Hydro	Chippewa County	45.164°N -91.1574°W	35.3		1976
Dells Hydro	Eau Claire County	44.8281°N -91.5111°W	12.3		1923
DuBay Hydro	Portage County	44.4741°N -89.495°W	7.2		1942
Flambeau Hydro Station	Rusk County	45.4918°N -91.0472°W	22.0		1951
	Lincoln County	45.3019°N -89.7917°W	17.2		1938
	Chippewa County	45.2236°N -91.1272°W	33.9		1950
	Chippewa County	45.051°N -91.274°W	59.8		1988
	Columbia County	43.6258°N -89.7808°W	10		1926	units added 1935-1939
Ladysmith Hydro	Rusk County	45.4647°N -91.0832°W	1.0		1940	0.4 MW added 1983
Little Quinnesec Falls Hydro	Marinette County	45.7736°N -87.9894°W	9.0		1900	units added 1909-1916
Middle Appleton Hydro	Outagamie County	44.2573°N -88.4048°W	1.2		1950
	Juneau County	44.0572°N -90.0217°W	20.0		1949
	Sauk County	43.3099°N -89.7278°W	31		1915	units added 1920-1922, 1938-1940
	Polk County	45.4117°N -92.6469°W	23.2		1910	units added 1917, 1923
Stevens Point Hydro	Portage County	44.5161°N -89.5858°W	4.8		1918
Twin Falls Hydro	Florence County	45.8728°N -88.0708°W	9.2		2016
Whiting Hydro	Portage County	44.4873°N -89.576°W	5.1	[55]	1891	1.2 MW added 1993
Wisconsin Rapids Hydro	Wood County	44.3939°N -89.825°W	8.8		1903	4.6 MW added 1920
	Chippewa County	44.9378°N -91.3406°W	39.4		1917

Wind

See also: Wind power in Wisconsin.

Project Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Ref	Year Opened	Note
		43.8794°N -88.2708°W	145	[56]	2008
Butler Ridge Wind Energy Center		43.4003°N -88.4811°W	54	[57]	2009
Cashton Greens Wind Farm	Cashton, Wisconsin at the Organic Valley corporate headquarters	43.7339°N -90.805°W	5.0	[58]	2012
Cedar Ridge Wind Farm		43.6926°N -88.3297°W	68	[59]	2008
	Near Brownsville, Wisconsin in Dodge and Fond du Lac Counties	43.6169°N -88.4911°W	129	[60]	2008
Galactic Wind Farm		43.1751°N -89.5503°W	10	[61]	2012
Glacier Hills Wind Park		43.5638°N -89.148°W	162	[62]	2011
Monfort Wind Energy Center		42.9625°N -90.3867°W	30	[63]	2002
Quilt Block Wind Farm		42.6733°N -90.2653°W	98	[64]	2017
		44.6695°N -87.6333°W	11	[65] [66]	1999
		44.3481°N -87.9278°W	20	[67]	2010

Solar

See also: Solar power in Wisconsin.

Project Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MWAC)	Ref	Year Opened	Note
Arcadia Solar	Trempealeau County	44.2434°N -91.4582°W	5.0	[68] [69]	2019
Cashton Solar	Monroe County	43.737°N -90.805°W	2.0	[70] [71]	2019
Cumberland Solar	Barron County	45.511°N -92.025°W	2.5		2019
Eau Claire Solar Garden	Eau Claire County	44.7846°N -91.5239°W	1.0	[72]	2018
Fennimore Solar	Grant County	42.971°N -90.662°W	3.0	[73]	2019
Flambeau Solar	Price County	45.7368°N -90.471°W	2.5	[74]	2017
Hodag Solar	Oneida County	45.608°N -89.443°W	7.5	[75]	2022
Medford DPC Solar	Taylor County	45.163°N -90.3729°W	2.0	[76]	2017
New Auburn DPC Solar	Chippewa County	45.21°N -91.4353°W	2.5		2018
New Lisbon Solar	Juneau County	43.883°N -90.136°W	2.5	[77]	2019
Rock River Solar	Rock County	42.5788°N -89.033°W	2.1	[78] [79]	2016
Warren DPC Solar	St Croix County	44.9596°N -92.5182°W	2.2		2017

External links

• Wisconsin Electricity Profile 2022
• State Energy Profile (2010)

Notes and References

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2. Web site: The World's First Hydroelectric Power Plant Began Operation, September 30, 1882 . U.S. Library of Congress . 2020-12-24.
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4. Web site: Hydropower explained . U.S. EIA . 2020-12-24.
5. Web site: East Wells Power Plant - A National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark . ASME . 2020-12-24.
6. Web site: Port Washington Power Plant - A National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark . ASME . 2020-12-24.
7. Web site: Point Beach owner seeks to run Wisconsin's last nuclear plant for 80 years . Wisconsin State Journal . Chris Hubbuch . 2020-11-18.
8. Web site: Wisconsin Electricity Profile Analysis . U.S. EIA . 2021-01-08.
9. Web site: Point Beach Nuclear Plant . NextEra Energy Resources . 2020-12-06.
10. Web site: Columbia Energy Center . Global Energy Monitor . 2020-12-06.
11. Web site: Alliant Energy to retire coal-fired generation facility in Sheboygan . Alliant Energy . 2020-05-22.
12. News: We Energies and Alliant Energy coal plants in Wisconsin to stay open longer due to energy supply fears. Hess. Corrinne. 23 June 2022. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 24 June 2022.
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15. Web site: Genoa Station #3 retires after 52 years Dairyland Power Cooperative . 2021-08-14. www.dairylandpower.com.
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22. Web site: Concord Generating Station . WE Energies . 2020-12-24.
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24. Web site: Fox Energy Center . Wisconsin Public Service . 2020-12-24.
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38. http://www.wisconsinpublicservice.com/news/weston/background.aspx WPS - Weston Generating Station
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43. Web site: Bay Front Plant . Biomass Magazine . 2021-01-14.
44. Web site: Former Flambeau River Papers Mill in Wisconsin Reopens with New Owner . www.paperage.com . 2020-10-22.
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46. Web site: Kaukauna Mill Plant . Global Energy Observatory . 2021-01-14.
47. Web site: Manitowoc Power Plant . Global Energy Monitor . 2021-01-14.
48. Web site: Nekoosa Mill . Domtar Corp. . 2021-01-14.
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50. Web site: Wisconsin Rapids Mill . Verso Corporation . 2021-01-14.
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55. Web site: Whiting Hydro Power Plant . Global Energy Observatory . 2020-12-24.
56. https://www.we-energies.com/home/blue-sky-green-field.htm Blue Sky Green Field Wind Farm
57. Web site: Butler Ridge Wind Energy Center.
58. Web site: CASHTON Green Wind Farm . Cashton Wisconsin . 20 September 2020 . en.
59. Web site: Owned and Purchased Wind Energy. www.alliantenergy.com. en. 2018-03-16.
60. Web site: Forward Wind Energy Ctr. . 2008-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080507060636/http://www.invenergyllc.com/w_forward.htm . 2008-05-07 . dead .
61. Web site: Galactic Wind . openei.org . 2020-12-06 .
62. Web site: Glacier Hills Wind Park. We Energies.
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64. Web site: Quilt Block Wind Farm . EDP Renewables . 2020-12-06.
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66. Web site: Lincoln Wind Farm . 2017-06-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170720011538/http://www.wisconsinpublicservice.com/environment/lincoln.aspx . 2017-07-20 . dead .
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68. Web site: Butter Solar Projects . Blue Earth Renewables . 2020-12-24.
69. Web site: Butter Solar Portfolio - Wisconsin . J.Ranck Electric Inc. . 2020-12-24.
70. Web site: Cashton Solar . One Energy Renewables . 2020-12-24 . en.
71. Web site: Organic Valley becomes completely reliant on renewable power . 2 August 2019 . Wisconsin Public Radio . 2020-12-24.
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74. Web site: Flambeau Solar . EDF Renewables . 2020-12-24.
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76. Web site: Solar at Dairyland Power . Dairyland Power Cooperative . 2020-12-24.
77. Web site: New Lisbon Solar . One Energy Renewables . 2020-12-24 . en.
78. Web site: Rock River Solar Facility . Alliant Energy . 2020-12-24.
79. Web site: Wisconsin's largest solar project delivering power to Alliant Energy customers . www.prnewswire.com . 2016-07-18.