AINSWORTH WIND
OperatingWind power plant
- Capacity
- 59 MW
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- County
- Brown County
- Operator
- NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT
- Status
- Operating
- Commissioned
- 2005
- EIA plant ID
- 56162
- Generators
- 1
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Net generation (2024)
- 60.8 GWh
- Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate)
- 12%
- Data vintage
- EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
- Coordinates
- 42.4502, -99.8928
AINSWORTH WIND, a 59 MW Wind power plant in Brown County, Nebraska. Operated by NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT, commissioned 2005.
How AINSWORTH WIND compares
With 59 MW of capacity, AINSWORTH WIND ranks 23rd among the 86 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Nebraska and 5th of the 10 operating Wind plants in the state. It accounts for about 13% of Nebraska's operating Wind capacity and 0.7% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 361st-largest of the 708 operating Wind plants in the database. Commissioned in 2005, it is newer than 83% of the 85 operating Nebraska plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT, runs 12 operating plants in Nebraska totaling 3,065 MW.
EIA-860 lists 1 generator at the site with 59 MW of nameplate capacity, all onshore wind turbine technology. Net generation was 60.8 GWh in 2024 (a 12% capacity factor), down 32% from 2022.
Grid neighborhood
The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line owned by NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT, about 0.1 miles away.
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
AINSWORTH WIND is a 59 MW wind power plant in Brown County, NE, operated by NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT, commissioned in 2005. Brown County carries critical modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 4.2 of 5 at the 80th national percentile. Heat wave is the leading peril, rated Very Low by FEMA at the 91st 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.
Brown County hazard ratings
| Peril | FEMA rating | National percentile | Peril score | Events per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat wave | Very Low | 91st | 4.7 of 5 | 4.0 |
| Strong wind | Very Low | 89th | 4.6 of 5 | 1.7 |
| Hail | Relatively Low | 83rd | 4.3 of 5 | 5.0 |
| Wildfire | Very Low | 79th | 4.2 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Lightning | Very Low | 73rd | 3.9 of 5 | 41.1 |
| Tornado | Very Low | 57th | 3.3 of 5 | 0.45 |
| Winter weather | Relatively Low | 55th | 3.2 of 5 | 17.3 |
| Ice storm | Very Low | 51st | 3.1 of 5 | 0.13 |
| Earthquake | Very Low | 31st | 2.3 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Riverine flooding | Very Low | 7th | 1.3 of 5 | 0.29 |
Perils not assessed in Brown 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 Brown 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.