Power Plants Near 50047 — Carlisle, IA

54 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50047 (Carlisle, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.4814, -93.4921 · County: Warren

Natural Gas 50%Wind 36%Oil 9%Hydroelectric 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.5 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
5.5 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
7.2 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
9.2 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
9.4 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
10.0 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
10.8 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
11.0 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
16.3 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.1 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.1 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.6 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
28.4 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
28.8 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
29.1 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
30.5 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
31.9 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
35.4 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.0 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
36.3 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
36.6 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
36.8 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
36.9 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.0 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
37.0 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
37.2 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
37.2 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
37.6 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
37.9 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
38.0 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
38.1 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
38.5 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
39.3 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
39.9 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.0 mi	Laurel Wind Farm Laurel, IA	Wind	123 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.2 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.7 mi	State Center State Center, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of State Center - (Ia)
40.9 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.0 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
42.7 mi	Grinnell Grinnell, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
42.7 mi	Stuart (Ia) Stuart, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
42.9 mi	Grinnell Customer Hosted Solar Grinnell, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
43.2 mi	Gilliam South Stuart, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
43.9 mi	Wind Gem Stuart, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wind Gem, Llc
44.3 mi	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Solar	4 MW	Azimuth 180 Solar Electric, Llc
44.4 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
44.5 mi	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc
46.0 mi	Venus Wind 3 Llc Grinnell, IA	Wind	3 MW	Venus Wind 3 Llc
47.6 mi	Panora Panora, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Panora - (Ia)
47.9 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
49.0 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
49.7 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc
49.8 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc
49.9 mi	Cargill Corn Milling Division Eddyville, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Cargill Inc North America Sweetners

Power generation near this area

There are 54 power plants within 50 miles of Carlisle, Iowa (ZIP 50047), with a combined 2,482 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 17 of the 54 nearby plants. The closest plant is Pleasant Hill at 5.5 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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