Power Plants Near 50014 — Ames, IA

61 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50014 (Ames, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.0486, -93.6945 · County: Story

Wind 47%Natural Gas 45%Oil 4%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.2 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
4.7 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
4.9 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
5.1 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
5.2 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
5.9 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
5.9 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
6.6 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
8.4 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
9.2 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
9.4 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
9.4 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
9.5 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
9.5 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
10.7 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
12.0 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
12.1 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
13.1 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
13.6 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
14.8 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
18.1 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
19.4 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
20.4 mi	Garden Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Garden Wind Llc
22.0 mi	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc
24.1 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
24.4 mi	Beaver Creek Wind Ogden, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.0 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.1 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
27.3 mi	State Center State Center, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of State Center - (Ia)
28.0 mi	Rippey Wind Farm Grand Junction, IA	Wind	50 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
29.7 mi	Junction Hilltop Wind Farm Dana, IA	Wind	8 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
29.8 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
29.8 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
31.4 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.5 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
31.9 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.6 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
34.5 mi	Hardin Hilltop Wind Llc Jefferson, IA	Wind	15 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
34.5 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
34.7 mi	Grand Junction Grand Junction, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Grand Junction - (Ia)
35.1 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.1 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.3 mi	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc Alden, IA	Wind	3 MW	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc
35.7 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
35.7 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
35.8 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.7 mi	Laurel Wind Farm Laurel, IA	Wind	123 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.9 mi	Alliant Sbd 9107 Jbs Usa Marshalltown, IA	Oil	11 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
41.6 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.2 mi	Marshalltown Generating Station Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	709 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
42.4 mi	Panora Panora, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Panora - (Ia)
42.7 mi	Franklin County Wind Farm Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	99 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
42.8 mi	Marshalltown Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	189 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
42.8 mi	Sutherland Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
43.1 mi	Ivester Wind Farm Wellsburg, IA	Wind	91 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.1 mi	Wellsburg Wind Project Wellsburg, IA	Wind	141 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.3 mi	Whispering Willow Wind Farm - East Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.7 mi	Vienna Wind Farm Marshalltown, IA	Wind	150 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.1 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
49.5 mi	Stuart (Ia) Stuart, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
49.7 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 61 power plants within 50 miles of Ames, Iowa (ZIP 50014), with a combined 4,679 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 25 of the 61 nearby plants. The closest plant is Iowa State University at 3.2 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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