West Bend
A 6.7 MW oil power plant in Palo Alto, Iowa, owned by City of West Bend, commissioned in 1954.
Facility nameplate · EIA Plant ID 1199Oil
Nameplate capacity
6.7 MW
Primary fuel
Oil
Commissioned
1954
Owner
City of West Bend
Location
Palo Alto, Iowa
Coordinates
Generation (2024)
0.2 GWh
Status
Operating
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Units
4
Reported annual generation
| Year | GWh | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 0.1 | |
| 2017 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 0.1 | |
| 2020 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 0.3 | |
| 2022 | 0.2 | |
| 2023 | 0.5 | |
| 2024 | 0.2 |
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| Plant | Fuel | Capacity | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algona | Oil | 16.1 MW | ~21 km |
| Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg | Natural Gas | 3.5 MW | ~22 km |
| Kossuth County Wind | Wind | 70 MW | ~26 km |
| Kossuth | Wind | 152.2 MW | ~26 km |
| Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project | Wind | 2.3 MW | ~26 km |
| Palo Alto Wind Farm | Wind | 340 MW | ~28 km |
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