Power Plants Near 50003 — Adel, IA

77 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50003 (Adel, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.6221, -94.0380 · County: Dallas

Wind 66%Natural Gas 29%Oil 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
15.8 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
15.9 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
16.6 mi	Stuart (Ia) Stuart, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
17.3 mi	Gilliam South Stuart, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
17.7 mi	Panora Panora, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Panora - (Ia)
18.8 mi	Wind Gem Stuart, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wind Gem, Llc
19.0 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
19.0 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
19.7 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
21.7 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.4 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
23.9 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
25.0 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
26.3 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc
26.5 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc
26.7 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.9 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.9 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
28.5 mi	Rippey Wind Farm Grand Junction, IA	Wind	50 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
28.7 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
28.7 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.1 mi	Morning Light Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	111 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.1 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
30.2 mi	North Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
30.5 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
31.0 mi	Downtown Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
31.0 mi	Greenfield Light Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	—	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
31.5 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
31.9 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
32.6 mi	Greenfield Wind Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Greenfield Wind Power, Llc
32.6 mi	Sky Volt Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Sky Volt, Llc
32.9 mi	Grand Junction Grand Junction, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Grand Junction - (Ia)
33.8 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.8 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc
34.1 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
34.1 mi	Beaver Creek Wind Ogden, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.2 mi	Cumberland Rose Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, Llc
34.4 mi	Bulldog Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Bulldog Wind Energy, Llc
34.7 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
35.0 mi	Junction Hilltop Wind Farm Dana, IA	Wind	8 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
35.0 mi	Orient Wind Farm Orient, IA	Wind	501 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.2 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.3 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
35.6 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
36.0 mi	Hardin Hilltop Wind Llc Jefferson, IA	Wind	15 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
36.0 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.5 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
37.3 mi	Coon Rapids Ii Coon Rapids, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Coon Rapids
37.5 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
37.6 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
38.1 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
38.3 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
38.5 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
38.5 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
38.6 mi	Summit Lake Creston, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
39.6 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
39.9 mi	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc Melville, IA	Wind	104 MW	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc
40.8 mi	Creston Solar (50 Mw) Creston, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
40.9 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
40.9 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
41.4 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
41.7 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.7 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
41.7 mi	Creston School Customer Hosted Solar Creston, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
42.0 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
44.1 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
45.0 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
45.4 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
46.2 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
46.2 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
46.3 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
46.5 mi	Heartland Divide Ii Audubon, IA	Wind	200 MW	Heartland Divide Ii
47.4 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
48.1 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.0 mi	Carroll Area Wind Farm Templeton, IA	Wind	21 MW	Sriv Partnership Llc
49.7 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.9 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie

Power generation near this area

There are 77 power plants within 50 miles of Adel, Iowa (ZIP 50003), with a combined 5,265 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 38 of the 77 nearby plants. The closest plant is Arbor Hill Solar at 15.8 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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