Power Plants Near 50001 — Ackworth, IA

48 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50001 (Ackworth, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.3737, -93.3767 · County: Warren

Natural Gas 37%Wind 32%Coal 22%Oil 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.7 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
14.8 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
14.9 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
15.6 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
16.7 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
16.9 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
16.9 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
18.8 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
19.5 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
20.4 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
20.5 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
22.9 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
23.5 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
24.0 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
25.8 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.1 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
35.1 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.3 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
39.4 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.3 mi	Cargill Corn Milling Division Eddyville, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Cargill Inc North America Sweetners
41.7 mi	Grinnell Grinnell, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
41.8 mi	Grinnell Customer Hosted Solar Grinnell, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
42.0 mi	Laurel Wind Farm Laurel, IA	Wind	123 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.2 mi	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Solar	4 MW	Azimuth 180 Solar Electric, Llc
44.3 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
44.4 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
44.4 mi	Venus Wind 3 Llc Grinnell, IA	Wind	3 MW	Venus Wind 3 Llc
44.8 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
45.0 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
45.0 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
45.1 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
45.1 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
45.2 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
45.2 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
45.3 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
45.4 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
45.8 mi	State Center State Center, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of State Center - (Ia)
45.9 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.4 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.4 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
46.6 mi	Montezuma Montezuma, IA	Oil	10 MW	City Of Montezuma - (Ia)
46.6 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
46.8 mi	Ottumwa Ottumwa, IA	Coal	726 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.2 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
47.6 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
49.1 mi	North English Montezuma, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.5 mi	Stuart (Ia) Stuart, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
50.0 mi	Gilliam South Stuart, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 48 power plants within 50 miles of Ackworth, Iowa (ZIP 50001), with a combined 3,378 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 48 nearby plants. The closest plant is Indianola at 9.7 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in Iowa, visit the Iowa state page.

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