Pioneer Prairie Wind Farm

OperatingWind

Ranked #9 of 122 Wind plants in IA#101 of 1442 nationally

300 MW Wind operating in Mitchell, IA — Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..

EIAGEMWD

300 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

unit

Onshore Wind Turbine

Technology

2008

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

31.5837, -96.8024

County

Mitchell, IA

Nearby Plants

Findley PV and BESS
BESS100.6 MW · 7.0 km
Prairie Hill Wind Project
Wind300 MW · 10.3 km
True North Solar, LLC
Solar238.8 MW · 12.8 km

Ownership & Operator

Owner data does not fully agree across sources.

EIA typically reports the operating utility, while GEM resolves to the financial owner or parent corporation. Both can be correct.

Field	EIA	GEM	Wikidata
Operator	Pioneer Prairie Wind Farm I, LLC	EDPR Renewable Energy Sources of Greece 1 Sole Proprietorship	—
Owner(s)	Pioneer Prairie Wind Farm I, LLC	EDPR Renewable Energy Sources of Greece 1 Sole Proprietorship [100%]	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

GEM identifies the owner as EDPR Renewable Energy Sources of Greece 1 Sole Proprietorship [100%]

This entity is not yet in the GEM ownership database — chain unavailable.

About

The Pioneer Prairie Wind Farm, which is located in Iowa along the Minnesota state line in Howard and Mitchell counties, has an installed capacity of 300 MW. Energy from wind farm is delivered to homes and businesses in Tennessee Valley Authority's service area in parts of seven southeastern states.

Read more on Wikipedia

Pioneer Prairie Wind Farm is a 300 MW wind power plant located in Mitchell County, Iowa. The facility began operating in 2008 and utilizes a single generator with onshore wind turbine technology. The primary fuel source is wind (WND). The plant is owned and operated by Pioneer Prairie Wind Farm I, LLC. It ranks as the 9th largest wind farm in Iowa out of 54, and 102nd nationally out of 734 wind farms. The turbines have a hub height of 80 meters and a rotor diameter of 82 meters. The wind turbines were manufactured by Vestas, model V82-1.65.

The wind farm operates within the Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator (MISO) balancing authority and the MRO NERC region. The latest annual generation data indicates an output of 859,116 MWh, resulting in a capacity factor of 32.8%. Financial data indicates a power purchase agreement (PPA) price of $70.5 per MWh. This financial information is sourced from FERC Electric Quarterly Reports (EQR).

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