Power Plants Near 50042 — Brayton, IA

52 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50042 (Brayton, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.5524, -94.9740 · County: Audubon

Wind 88%Natural Gas 9%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.8 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
10.0 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
11.8 mi	Heartland Divide Ii Audubon, IA	Wind	200 MW	Heartland Divide Ii
12.2 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
13.1 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
14.1 mi	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc Melville, IA	Wind	104 MW	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc
14.9 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
15.3 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
16.8 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
16.9 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
18.3 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
18.7 mi	Harlan Harlan, IA	Oil	3 MW	Harlan Municipal Utilities - (Ia)
21.7 mi	Morning Light Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	111 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.7 mi	Manning Manning, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Manning
25.6 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc
26.6 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.7 mi	Coon Rapids Ii Coon Rapids, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Coon Rapids
27.3 mi	Carroll Area Wind Farm Templeton, IA	Wind	21 MW	Sriv Partnership Llc
29.5 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc
29.6 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc
31.2 mi	Greenfield Wind Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Greenfield Wind Power, Llc
31.2 mi	Sky Volt Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Sky Volt, Llc
31.4 mi	North Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
31.7 mi	Downtown Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
31.7 mi	Greenfield Light Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	—	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
32.1 mi	Silver Queen Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	—	Silver Queen Wind Farm, Llc
32.8 mi	Panora Panora, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Panora - (Ia)
33.3 mi	Wind Gem Stuart, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wind Gem, Llc
33.7 mi	Gilliam South Stuart, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
34.1 mi	Stuart (Ia) Stuart, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
35.4 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
35.7 mi	Bulldog Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Bulldog Wind Energy, Llc
35.9 mi	Cumberland Rose Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, Llc
37.3 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.7 mi	Orient Wind Farm Orient, IA	Wind	501 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.1 mi	West Receiving Denison, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Denison - (Ia)
38.3 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.8 mi	Victory Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	105 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.3 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.0 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
41.5 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
42.2 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.9 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
44.5 mi	Summit Lake Creston, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
45.3 mi	Grand Junction Grand Junction, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Grand Junction - (Ia)
45.4 mi	Creston School Customer Hosted Solar Creston, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.4 mi	Adams Wind Lenox, IA	Wind	154 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.6 mi	Creston Solar (50 Mw) Creston, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.2 mi	Hardin Hilltop Wind Llc Jefferson, IA	Wind	15 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
48.3 mi	New Harvest Wind Project Llc Schleswig, IA	Wind	100 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
48.4 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.2 mi	Rippey Wind Farm Grand Junction, IA	Wind	50 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation

Power generation near this area

There are 52 power plants within 50 miles of Brayton, Iowa (ZIP 50042), with a combined 3,621 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 30 of the 52 nearby plants. The closest plant is Exira at 3.8 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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