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Wisconsin
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Wisconsin has 202 power plants in our public-data catalog, totalling 15.9 GW of tracked capacity. Its generating fleet leans on natural gas — 46.9% of tracked capacity, with coal second at 37.9%. The largest plant we track is Elm Road Generating Station (1,403 MW, online since 2010).

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202 Tracked plants
15.9 GW Tracked capacity
Natural Gas Leading fuel
9 Fuel types

Wisconsin electricity mix

Tracked installed capacity by fuel. Each links to its global page.

Natural Gas 46.9% 7.5 GW Coal 37.9% 6 GW Oil 4.6% 0.7 GW Wind 4.6% 0.7 GW Hydro 3.6% 0.6 GW Waste-to-Energy 1% 0.2 GW Biomass 1% 0.2 GW Solar 0.3% 0 GW Other 0.1% 0 GW

Largest plants in Wisconsin

01 Elm Road Generating Station Coal · 2010 1,403 MW 02 South Oak Creek Coal · 1963 1,240 MW 03 Port Washington Generating Station Natural Gas · 2006 1,209 MW 04 Columbia (WI) Coal · 1976 1,112 MW 05 Weston Coal · 1993 1,103 MW 06 Riverside Energy Center Natural Gas · 2003 675 MW 07 Fox Energy Center Natural Gas · 2005 619 MW 08 RockGen Energy Center Natural Gas · 2001 561 MW 09 John P Madgett Coal · 1979 387 MW 10 Concord Natural Gas · 1993 382 MW 11 Paris (WI) Natural Gas · 1994 382 MW 12 South Fond Du Lac Natural Gas · 1994 382 MW
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Frequently asked questions

Where does Wisconsin get its electricity?

Across the 202 plants we track in Wisconsin, capacity is led by natural gas at 46.9%, then coal at 37.9%. These are tracked installed-capacity shares from public data, not live generation.

What is the largest power plant in Wisconsin?

The largest plant in our Wisconsin catalog is Elm Road Generating Station, a coal facility with 1,403 MW (commissioned 2010).

How many power plants are in Wisconsin?

Our catalog tracks 202 power plants in Wisconsin totalling 15.9 GW, built from EIA, WRI and OpenStreetMap. The true total including the smallest installations is higher.

Nearby in scale

Mississippi 42 plants Massachusetts 449 plants

Biggest states

Texas 133 GW California 78.3 GW Florida 65.3 GW Illinois 49 GW Pennsylvania 47.7 GW Georgia 39.2 GW

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