INTREPID
OperatingWind power plant
- Capacity
- 176 MW
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- County
- Buena Vista County
- Operator
- MIDAMERICAN ENERGY CO
- Status
- Operating
- Commissioned
- 2004
- EIA plant ID
- 56251
- Generators
- 2
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Net generation (2024)
- 549 GWh
- Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate)
- 36%
- Data vintage
- EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
- Coordinates
- 42.5529, -95.3229
INTREPID, a 176 MW Wind power plant in Buena Vista County, Iowa. Operated by MIDAMERICAN ENERGY CO, commissioned 2004.
How INTREPID compares
With 176 MW of capacity, INTREPID ranks 24th among the 198 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Iowa and 8th of the 63 operating Wind plants in the state. It accounts for about 3.4% of Iowa's operating Wind capacity and 1.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 89th-largest of the 708 operating Wind plants in the database. Commissioned in 2004, it is newer than 62% of the 198 operating Iowa plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, MIDAMERICAN ENERGY CO, runs 28 operating plants in Iowa totaling 8,028 MW. It shares Buena Vista County with 3 other operating plants, including STORM LAKE 1 and STORM LAKE II.
EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 176 MW of nameplate capacity, all onshore wind turbine technology. Net generation was 549 GWh in 2024 (a 36% capacity factor), down 13% from 2022. Its generators came online between 2004 and 2005.
Grid neighborhood
The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 161 kV line owned by MIDAMERICAN ENERGY CO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 3 operating power plants totaling 196 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is STORM LAKE 1 (114 MW, Wind).
Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant and transmission line records and EIA-860/923 survey data; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology
Weather peril exposure
INTREPID is a 176 MW wind power plant in Buena Vista County, IA, operated by MIDAMERICAN ENERGY CO, commissioned in 2004. Buena Vista County carries elevated modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 3.1 of 5 at the 52nd national percentile. Tornado is the leading peril, rated Relatively Moderate by FEMA at the 97th percentile.
The Bywatts loss layer is calibrated to solar PV hardware, so it is not applied to a wind plant. The ratings below are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings for this location.
Buena Vista County hazard ratings
| Peril | FEMA rating | National percentile | Peril score | Events per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | Relatively Moderate | 97th | 4.9 of 5 | 0.48 |
| Winter weather | Relatively Moderate | 92nd | 4.7 of 5 | 15.4 |
| Heat wave | Very Low | 91st | 4.6 of 5 | 5.5 |
| Strong wind | Relatively Moderate | 76th | 4.0 of 5 | 3.9 |
| Ice storm | Relatively Low | 62nd | 3.5 of 5 | 0.69 |
| Hail | Relatively Moderate | 57th | 3.3 of 5 | 5.3 |
| Lightning | Very Low | 42nd | 2.7 of 5 | 41.5 |
| Wildfire | Very Low | 23rd | 1.9 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Riverine flooding | Very Low | 18th | 1.7 of 5 | 2.1 |
| Earthquake | Very Low | 13th | 1.5 of 5 | <0.01 |
Perils not assessed in Buena Vista County
These perils carry no usable National Risk Index figure for this county, so they are excluded from the scoring rather than scored zero. A zero would claim the peril was assessed and found benign.
| Peril | Why it is not scored |
|---|---|
| Hurricane | FEMA rating is "Not Applicable" for this county |
| Coastal flooding | FEMA rating is "Not Applicable" for this county |
Model hail, wind and flood exposure for Buena Vista County in the weather risk calculator
Ratings are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings; the peril score is a Bywatts transform of the FEMA national percentile. Full data sources and the solar vulnerability methodology are in the weather risk calculator.
Modeled estimate for screening and negotiation. Built from FEMA National Risk Index county hazard data and a solar vulnerability layer documented above. Not a quote, a binder, or actuarial advice, and not a substitute for a carrier's own model. Hazard data: FEMA National Risk Index December 2025, synced 2026-07-24. Resolution is county level, not site level.