Power Plants Near 50044 — Bussey, IA

33 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50044 (Bussey, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.2094, -92.8963 · County: Marion

Wind 37%Natural Gas 32%Coal 25%Oil 3%Hydroelectric 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.3 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
11.3 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
11.9 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
13.1 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
13.9 mi	Cargill Corn Milling Division Eddyville, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Cargill Inc North America Sweetners
14.1 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
18.6 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
19.4 mi	Ottumwa Ottumwa, IA	Coal	726 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
25.6 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
28.4 mi	Ottumwa City Of Ottumwa, IA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Ottumwa City Of
31.9 mi	Centerville Centerville, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
32.4 mi	Montezuma Montezuma, IA	Oil	10 MW	City Of Montezuma - (Ia)
34.6 mi	Ced Centerville Wind Centerville, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
35.5 mi	English Farms Montezuma, IA	Wind	172 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
35.9 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
36.1 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
36.3 mi	North English Montezuma, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.0 mi	Grinnell Customer Hosted Solar Grinnell, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
38.3 mi	Grinnell Grinnell, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
38.6 mi	Venus Wind 3 Llc Grinnell, IA	Wind	3 MW	Venus Wind 3 Llc
39.1 mi	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Solar	4 MW	Azimuth 180 Solar Electric, Llc
39.4 mi	Bloomfield Municipal Utilities Solar Bloomfield, IA	Solar	2 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
40.5 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.6 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.5 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
42.7 mi	Brooklyn Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
42.8 mi	Bloomfield Bloomfield, IA	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Bloomfield - (Ia)
43.6 mi	Brooklyn City North Plant Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
44.5 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
45.8 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
45.8 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.6 mi	Laurel Wind Farm Laurel, IA	Wind	123 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.7 mi	Diamond Trail Wind Farm Ladora, IA	Wind	253 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 33 power plants within 50 miles of Bussey, Iowa (ZIP 50044), with a combined 2,915 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 33 nearby plants. The closest plant is Knoxville Industrial at 11.3 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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