Power Plants Near 50028 — Baxter, IA

65 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50028 (Baxter, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.8204, -93.1583 · County: Jasper

Natural Gas 51%Wind 42%Oil 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.4 mi	Laurel Wind Farm Laurel, IA	Wind	123 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
13.6 mi	State Center State Center, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of State Center - (Ia)
18.4 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
20.0 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
20.3 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
20.5 mi	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc
21.1 mi	Alliant Sbd 9107 Jbs Usa Marshalltown, IA	Oil	11 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
21.3 mi	Marshalltown Generating Station Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	709 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
21.6 mi	Grinnell Grinnell, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
22.0 mi	Sutherland Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
22.0 mi	Marshalltown Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	189 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
22.1 mi	Grinnell Customer Hosted Solar Grinnell, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
22.8 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
22.8 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
22.8 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
22.9 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
22.9 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
23.0 mi	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Solar	4 MW	Azimuth 180 Solar Electric, Llc
24.3 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
25.3 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
25.6 mi	Venus Wind 3 Llc Grinnell, IA	Wind	3 MW	Venus Wind 3 Llc
25.8 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
26.1 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
26.2 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.3 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
26.4 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.7 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
26.7 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
26.8 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
27.2 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
27.9 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
28.6 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
28.6 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.6 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.9 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
30.0 mi	Garden Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Garden Wind Llc
30.5 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
30.6 mi	Vienna Wind Farm Marshalltown, IA	Wind	150 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.8 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
32.5 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
34.0 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
35.1 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
35.2 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.2 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.4 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.1 mi	North English Montezuma, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.6 mi	Montezuma Montezuma, IA	Oil	10 MW	City Of Montezuma - (Ia)
37.1 mi	Ivester Wind Farm Wellsburg, IA	Wind	91 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.2 mi	Brooklyn Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
37.5 mi	Brooklyn City North Plant Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
38.1 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
39.6 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
40.6 mi	Wellsburg Wind Project Wellsburg, IA	Wind	141 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.4 mi	Grundy Center City Light Plant Grundy Center, IA	Oil	9 MW	Grundy Center Mun Light & Power
42.4 mi	English Farms Montezuma, IA	Wind	172 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
43.4 mi	Traer East Tracer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
43.5 mi	Traer South Traer, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
43.6 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
43.7 mi	Traer Wind Project Traer, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
44.0 mi	Traer Main Traer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
45.8 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
46.1 mi	Winding Stair Wind Dysart, IA	Wind	—	Winding Stair Wind
48.0 mi	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc Alden, IA	Wind	3 MW	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc
48.0 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
49.6 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co

Power generation near this area

There are 65 power plants within 50 miles of Baxter, Iowa (ZIP 50028), with a combined 4,171 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 23 of the 65 nearby plants. The closest plant is Laurel Wind Farm at 12.4 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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