Power Plants Near 50029 — Bayard, IA

61 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50029 (Bayard, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.8519, -94.5583 · County: Guthrie

Wind 88%Natural Gas 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.4 mi	Coon Rapids Ii Coon Rapids, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Coon Rapids
14.6 mi	Panora Panora, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Panora - (Ia)
15.6 mi	Grand Junction Grand Junction, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Grand Junction - (Ia)
15.9 mi	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc Melville, IA	Wind	104 MW	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc
18.0 mi	Carroll Area Wind Farm Templeton, IA	Wind	21 MW	Sriv Partnership Llc
18.8 mi	Hardin Hilltop Wind Llc Jefferson, IA	Wind	15 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
19.6 mi	Rippey Wind Farm Grand Junction, IA	Wind	50 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
21.1 mi	Heartland Divide Ii Audubon, IA	Wind	200 MW	Heartland Divide Ii
21.6 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.5 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
22.6 mi	Junction Hilltop Wind Farm Dana, IA	Wind	8 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
24.8 mi	Manning Manning, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Manning
26.8 mi	Beaver Creek Wind Ogden, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.1 mi	Stuart (Ia) Stuart, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
27.3 mi	Gilliam South Stuart, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
27.5 mi	Morning Light Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	111 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.7 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.7 mi	Wind Gem Stuart, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wind Gem, Llc
29.3 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
29.9 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
30.1 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.1 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
30.7 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.3 mi	Silver Queen Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	—	Silver Queen Wind Farm, Llc
32.2 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc
32.4 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc
32.8 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
34.5 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.6 mi	Victory Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	105 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.6 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
34.7 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
35.2 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
35.5 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc
35.8 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
37.4 mi	North Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
37.8 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
38.2 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
38.2 mi	Downtown Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
38.2 mi	Greenfield Light Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	—	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
38.8 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.9 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
39.0 mi	Greenfield Wind Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Greenfield Wind Power, Llc
39.0 mi	Sky Volt Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Sky Volt, Llc
41.6 mi	Harlan Harlan, IA	Oil	3 MW	Harlan Municipal Utilities - (Ia)
43.0 mi	West Receiving Denison, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Denison - (Ia)
43.0 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
43.7 mi	Cumberland Rose Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, Llc
43.7 mi	Bulldog Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Bulldog Wind Energy, Llc
44.7 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.0 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
45.3 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
45.4 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
45.5 mi	Orient Wind Farm Orient, IA	Wind	501 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.6 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.1 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.2 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.2 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
48.8 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
49.2 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.5 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
49.7 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 61 power plants within 50 miles of Bayard, Iowa (ZIP 50029), with a combined 4,242 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 35 of the 61 nearby plants. The closest plant is Coon Rapids Ii at 6.4 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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