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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.[2] 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%).[1]
The Fox River powered the world's first commercial hydroelectric central power station, the Vulcan Street Plant, during 1882 to 1891.[3] An exact replica of the plant, designated as a National Historic Engineering Landmark, is located near the original site in Appleton.[4] Wisconsin also has the nation's oldest (since 1891) continuously operating hydroelectric facility in Whiting according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.[5]
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,[6] and former Port Washington Power Plant.[7] Nuclear power has generated Wisconsin's largest share of carbon-free electrical energy since 1970.[8] Natural gas generation has nearly quadrupled over the past decade to replace retiring facilities and satisfy rising demand.[9]
Plant | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Ref | Year Opened |
Note |
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Point Beach Nuclear Plant | Two Rivers, Wisconsin | 44.28181°N 87.53599°W | 1250 | [10] | 1970/1972 |
Retired facilities:
Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.[11]
Plant | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Ref | Year Opened |
Note |
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Columbia Energy Center | Portage, Wisconsin | 43°29′10″N 89°25′13″W | 1137 | [12] | 1975/1978 | closing mid-2026 [13] |
Edgewater Generating Station | Sheboygan, Wisconsin | 43°42′56″N 87°42′23″W | 414 | [14] | 1985 | closing June 2025 [13] |
Elm Road Generating Station | Oak Creek, Wisconsin | 42.8492°N 87.8336°W | 1263 | [15] | 2010/2011 | |
Genoa Generating Station | Genoa, Wisconsin | 43°33′33″N 91°13′55″W | 308 | [16] | 1969 | closed 2021 [17] |
John P. Madgett Generating Station | Alma, Wisconsin | 44°18′11″N 91°54′45″W | 390 | [18] | 1979 | |
Oak Creek Power Plant | Oak Creek, Wisconsin | 42.8457°N 87.8294°W | 1097 | [19] | 1959-1967 | closing late 2025 [13] |
Weston Generating Station | Rothschild, Wisconsin | 44°51′31″N 89°38′59″W | 879 | [20] | 1981/2008 | see also natural gas |
Plant | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Generation Type | Ref | Year Opened |
Note |
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Epic Verona Power Plant | Verona, Wisconsin | 42.9968°N 89.5687°W | 41 | Reciprocating engine (x18) | [11] | 2009/2013 | |
French Island Generating Plant | La Crosse, Wisconsin | 43.8292°N 91.2597°W | 122 | Simple cycle (x2) | [43] | 1974 | see also biomass/refuse |
Germantown Power Plant | Germantown, Wisconsin | 43°11′46″N 88°009′01″W | 189 | Simple cycle (x4) | [27] | 1978 | see also gas |
Manitowoc Power Plant | Manitowoc, Wisconsin | 44.082°N 87.6558°W | 58 | Steam turbine | [44] | 2007 | petroleum coke. see also biomass/refuse |
Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.[11]
Renew Wisconsin maintains additional data on the state's renewable generation resources.
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 |
[45] | 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 | 43.0900°N 88.7397°W | 6.4 | landfill gas | 2006/2007 | ||
FCPC Renewable Generation | Milwaukee County | 43.0300°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 |
[46] | 1982 | |
French Island Generating Plant | La Crosse County | 43.8292°N 91.2597°W | 16.0 | wood/ wood waste/ refuse |
[47] | 1940/1948 | co-fired with petrol |
GL Dairy Biogas | Dane County | 43.1244°N 89.5450°W | 2.0 | biogas | 2013 | ||
GreenWhey Energy | Polk County | 45.3903°N 92.1625°W | 3.2 | biogas | 2013 | ||
Holsum Dairy | Calumet County | 44.1150°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 |
[48] | 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 |
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Manitowoc Power Plant | Manitowoc County | 44.0820°N 87.6558°W | 44.0 | wood/ wood waste |
[49] | 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 |
[50] | 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 |
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Richland Center | Richland County | 43.3144°N 90.3731°W | 1.6 | biogas | 2013 | ||
Ridgeview Landfill GR | Manitowoc County | 44.1750°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 |
[51] | 2013 | |
Timberline Trail Landfill GR | Rusk County | 45.4533°N 91.3583°W | 4.0 | landfill gas | 2006 | ||
Winnebago Landfill GR | Winnebago County | 44.0830°N 88.5411°W | 3.9 | landfill gas | 2000/2007/ 2010/2019 |
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Wisconsin Rapids Pulp Mill | Wood County | 44.8878°N 89.6297°W | 64.7 | wood/ wood waste |
[52] | 1968/1991 |
Plant | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Ref | Year Opened |
Notes |
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Appleton Powerhouse | Outagamie County | 44.25393°N 88.40956°W | 2.2 | [55][56] | 1901 | |
Big Falls Mill Pond | Waupaca County | 44.61946°N 89.01502°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 | |
Castle Rock Hydro | 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 | ||
Grandfather Falls Hydro | Lincoln County | 45.3019°N 89.7917°W | 17.2 | 1938 | ||
Holcombe Hydro | Chippewa County | 45.2236°N 91.1272°W | 33.9 | 1950 | ||
Jim Falls Hydro | Chippewa County | 45.051°N 91.274°W | 59.8 | 1988 | ||
Kilbourn Hydro | Columbia County | 43.6258°N 89.7808°W | 10 | [54] | 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 | 44.257303°N 88.404806°W | 1.2 | [57] | 1950 | |
Petenwell Hydro | Juneau County | 44.0572°N 90.0217°W | 20.0 | 1949 | ||
Prairie Du Sac Hydro | Sauk County | 43.3099°N 89.7278°W | 31 | [54] | 1915 | units added 1920-1922, 1938-1940 |
St Croix Falls Hydro | 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 89.5760°W | 5.1 | [58] | 1891 | 1.2 MW added 1993 |
Wisconsin Rapids Hydro | Wood County | 44.3939°N 89.8250°W | 8.8 | 1903 | 4.6 MW added 1920 | |
Wissota Hydro | Chippewa County | 44.9378°N 91.3406°W | 39.4 | 1917 |
Project Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MWAC) |
Ref | Year Opened |
Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arcadia Solar | Trempealeau County | 44.2434°N 91.4582°W | 5.0 | [71][72] | 2019 | |
Cashton Solar | Monroe County | 43.7370°N 90.8050°W | 2.0 | [71][73][74] | 2019 | |
Cumberland Solar | Barron County | 45.5110°N 92.0250°W | 2.5 | [71][72] | 2019 | |
Eau Claire Solar Garden | Eau Claire County | 44.7846°N 91.5239°W | 1.0 | [75] | 2018 | |
Fennimore Solar | Grant County | 42.9710°N 90.6620°W | 3.0 | [71][72][76] | 2019 | |
Flambeau Solar | Price County | 45.7368°N 90.4710°W | 2.5 | [77] | 2017 | |
Hodag Solar | Oneida County | 45.608°N 89.443°W | 7.5 | [78] | 2022 | |
Medford DPC Solar | Taylor County | 45.1630°N 90.3729°W | 2.0 | [79] | 2017 | |
New Auburn DPC Solar | Chippewa County | 45.2100°N 91.4353°W | 2.5 | [79] | 2018 | |
New Lisbon Solar | Juneau County | 43.8830°N 90.1360°W | 2.5 | [71][80] | 2019 | |
Rock River Solar | Rock County | 42.5788°N 89.0330°W | 2.1 | [81][82] | 2016 | |
Warren DPC Solar | St Croix County | 44.9596°N 92.5182°W | 2.2 | [79] | 2017 |
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