State queue · Iowa
Iowa interconnection queue
123 proposed generation and storage projects — 123 active and 0 suspended — are in Iowa's interconnection queue, primarily in the MISO, totaling 23.94 GW of requested capacity. Wind leads with 7.29 GW.
123
Proposed projects
23.94 GW
Requested capacity
Wind
Largest resource type
2026
Median planned online year
Requested capacity by resource type
Wind 30.5%Gas 26.7%Solar 20.6%Battery 13.7%Nuclear 5.3%Other 1.9%Solar + Battery 1.3%
Proposed projects by resource type
Wind projects36 · 7.29 GWGas projects17 · 6.39 GWSolar projects35 · 4.94 GWBattery projects22 · 3.29 GWNuclear projects5 · 1.26 GW
Also in the queue (too few for a dedicated page): Other (6), Solar + Battery (2).
All proposed projects in Iowa
| Type | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queue J4113 J4113 | Gas | 1.31 GW | 2025 | 2028 |
| Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL) project E0050 | Gas | 986.9 MW | 2025 | 2028 |
| Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL) project E0010 | Gas | 798.1 MW | 2025 | 2028 |
| Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL) project E0049 | Gas | 798.1 MW | 2025 | 2028 |
| Queue J3932 J3932 | Nuclear | 646 MW | 2025 | 2029 |
| Queue J4114 J4114 | Gas | 525 MW | 2025 | 2030 |
| Queue J2268 J2268 | Solar | 400 MW | 2021 | 2024 |
| Queue J3701 J3701 | Wind | 400 MW | 2024 | 2028 |
| Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL) project E0015 | Wind | 360 MW | 2025 | 2028 |
| Queue J2945 J2945 | Gas | 350 MW | 2022 | 2027 |
| Queue J3798 J3798 | Wind | 320 MW | 2024 | 2028 |
| Queue J4056 J4056 | Wind | 310 MW | 2025 | 2030 |
| Queue J2369 J2369 | Wind | 300 MW | 2022 | 2030 |
| Queue J2436 J2436 | Wind | 300 MW | 2022 | 2030 |
| Queue J2469 J2469 | Battery | 300 MW | 2022 | 2027 |
| Queue J982 J982 | Wind | 300 MW | 2018 | 2024 |
| Queue J4006 J4006 | Wind | 289.8 MW | 2025 | 2030 |
| Orient Energy Center E0002 | Gas | 265 MW | 2025 | 2027 |
| Queue J3047 J3047 | Gas | 263 MW | 2022 | 2027 |
| Surplus; J500 S1111 | Gas | 263 MW | 2025 | 2027 |
| Replacing 244 MW of Solar with Nuclear; Duane Arnold R5071 | Nuclear | 251 MW | 2025 | 2029 |
| Queue J1432 J1432 | Wind | 250 MW | 2019 | 2025 |
| Queue J2272 J2272 | Solar + Battery | 250 MW | 2021 | 2026 |
| Queue J3911 J3911 | Solar | 250 MW | 2025 | 2030 |
| Queue J877 J877 | Solar | 250 MW | 2017 | 2023 |
| Queue J4068 J4068 | Wind | 232 MW | 2025 | 2030 |
| Queue J2342 J2342 | Wind | 230 MW | 2022 | 2027 |
| Replacing 30 MW of existing coal generation with BESS at Burlington Generation Station; Burlington 5 R1019 | Other | 212 MW | 2022 | 2024 |
| Queue J2553 J2553 | Solar | 210 MW | 2022 | 2026 |
| Queue J2811 J2811 | Solar | 210 MW | 2022 | 2026 |
| Surplus; J449 S1093 | Battery | 202 MW | 2025 | 2027 |
| Queue J1190 J1190 | Solar | 200 MW | 2019 | 2025 |
| Queue J1218 J1218 | Solar | 200 MW | 2019 | 2026 |
| Queue J1270 J1270 | Wind | 200 MW | 2019 | 2024 |
| Queue J1444 J1444 | Solar | 200 MW | 2019 | 2025 |
| Queue J1590 J1590 | Wind | 200 MW | 2024 | 2026 |
| Queue J1867 J1867 | Wind | 200 MW | 2021 | 2025 |
| Queue J2002 J2002 | Solar | 200 MW | 2021 | 2024 |
| Queue J2078 J2078 | Solar | 200 MW | 2021 | 2025 |
| Queue J2545 J2545 | Battery | 200 MW | 2022 | 2026 |
| Queue J2989 J2989 | Wind | 200 MW | 2022 | 2025 |
| Queue J2990 J2990 | Wind | 200 MW | 2022 | 2025 |
| Queue J3324 J3324 | Wind | 200 MW | 2024 | 2029 |
| Queue J3464 J3464 | Solar | 200 MW | 2024 | 2028 |
| Queue J3477 J3477 | Solar | 200 MW | 2024 | 2028 |
| Queue J3551 J3551 | Battery | 200 MW | 2024 | 2027 |
| Queue J3655 J3655 | Wind | 200 MW | 2024 | 2028 |
| Queue J3713 J3713 | Wind | 200 MW | 2024 | 2028 |
| Queue J3725 J3725 | Solar | 200 MW | 2024 | 2028 |
| Queue J3780 J3780 | Battery | 200 MW | 2024 | 2028 |
| Queue J3849 J3849 | Wind | 200 MW | 2024 | 2030 |
| Replacing 200 MW of Solar with Nuclear; J1444 R5069 | Nuclear | 200 MW | 2025 | 2029 |
| Surplus; J1190 S1107 | Battery | 200 MW | 2025 | 2026 |
| Surplus; J416 S1113 | Battery | 200 MW | 2025 | 2026 |
| Queue J3157 J3157 | Wind | 199.8 MW | 2022 | 2024 |
| Queue J4173 J4173 | Battery | 199 MW | 2025 | 2028 |
| Queue J4155 J4155 | Battery | 195 MW | 2025 | 2029 |
| Queue J3702 J3702 | Wind | 180 MW | 2024 | 2028 |
| Queue GEN-2017-222 GEN-2017-222 | Wind | 180 MW | 2017 | 2027 |
| Queue J2988 J2988 | Wind | 175 MW | 2022 | 2025 |
| Queue J2653 J2653 | Battery | 170 MW | 2022 | 2027 |
| Queue J2655 J2655 | Battery | 170 MW | 2022 | 2026 |
| Queue J3926 J3926 | Wind | 170 MW | 2025 | 2030 |
| Queue J1365 J1365 | Wind | 169.4 MW | 2019 | 2024 |
| Queue J1174 J1174 | Solar | 165 MW | 2018 | 2024 |
| Queue J1175 J1175 | Wind | 165 MW | 2018 | 2024 |
| Queue J2576 J2576 | Wind | 164.1 MW | 2022 | 2025 |
| Queue J2757 J2757 | Solar | 160.3 MW | 2025 | 2026 |
| Queue J2946 J2946 | Gas | 160 MW | 2022 | 2027 |
| Queue J3153 J3153 | Gas | 160 MW | 2022 | 2027 |
| Queue J3154 J3154 | Gas | 160 MW | 2022 | 2027 |
| Queue J3137 J3137 | Solar | 156.3 MW | 2025 | 2026 |
| Queue J3461 J3461 | Solar | 156 MW | 2024 | 2028 |
| Queue J3898 J3898 | Wind | 155 MW | 2025 | 2030 |
| Queue J1084 J1084 | Solar | 150 MW | 2018 | 2023 |
| Queue J2686 J2686 | Wind | 150 MW | 2022 | 2026 |
| Queue J3107 J3107 | Solar | 150 MW | 2025 | 2025 |
| Replacing 150 MW of coal generation with BESS at Lansing; Lansing 4 R5064 | Battery | 150 MW | 2025 | 2026 |
| Queue J1520 J1520 | Solar | 135 MW | 2020 | 2027 |
| Replacing 130 MW of coal generation with BESS at Lansing; Lansing 4 R5065 | Battery | 130 MW | 2025 | 2026 |
| Queue J1769 J1769 | Wind | 120 MW | 2020 | 2026 |
| Queue J4086 J4086 | Solar | 120 MW | 2025 | 2029 |
| Surplus; J1734 S1071 | Other | 120 MW | 2024 | 2025 |
| Queue J1131 J1131 | Solar | 100 MW | 2018 | 2024 |
| Queue J1313 J1313 | Solar | 100 MW | 2019 | 2025 |
| Queue J2031 J2031 | Wind | 100 MW | 2021 | 2026 |
| Queue J2066 J2066 | Battery | 100 MW | 2021 | 2022 |
| Queue J2120 J2120 | Battery | 100 MW | 2021 | 2025 |
| Queue J2949 J2949 | Battery | 100 MW | 2022 | 2027 |
| Queue J3158 J3158 | Battery | 100 MW | 2022 | 2027 |
| Queue J3159 J3159 | Battery | 100 MW | 2022 | 2027 |
| Queue J4037 J4037 | Solar | 100 MW | 2025 | 2030 |
| Queue J524 J524 | Solar | 100 MW | 2015 | 2021 |
| Queue J898 J898 | Wind | 100 MW | 2017 | 2023 |
| Replacing 100 MW of Solar with Nuclear; Duane Arnold R5072 | Nuclear | 100 MW | 2025 | 2029 |
| Queue J4172 J4172 | Battery | 99 MW | 2025 | 2028 |
| Queue J4145 J4145 | Gas | 98 MW | 2025 | 2028 |
| Queue J1359 J1359 | Gas | 95 MW | 2019 | 2025 |
| Surplus; Old Gold S1051 | Other | 80 MW | 2024 | 2029 |
| Queue J2948 J2948 | Gas | 75 MW | 2022 | 2024 |
Showing the 100 largest of 123 projects by requested capacity.
See 299 operating plants in Iowa · Regions: MISO, SPP.
Source: "Queued Up" (Rand et al., Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2026 edition) (data as of December 31, 2025).