Power Plants Near 50049 — Chariton, IA

27 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50049 (Chariton, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.0226, -93.3042 · County: Lucas

Natural Gas 46%Coal 31%Wind 12%Oil 7%Hydroelectric 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.7 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
23.9 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.9 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.9 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
29.3 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
29.5 mi	Centerville Centerville, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
32.2 mi	Ced Centerville Wind Centerville, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
32.9 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
32.9 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
35.2 mi	Cargill Corn Milling Division Eddyville, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Cargill Inc North America Sweetners
38.7 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.7 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.3 mi	Ottumwa Ottumwa, IA	Coal	726 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
39.9 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
40.3 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
40.7 mi	Unionville City Of Unionville, MO	Oil	9 MW	City Of Unionville - (Mo)
41.6 mi	Unionville Unionville, MO	Oil	53 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
42.3 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.4 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
42.5 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.8 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
43.0 mi	Lamoni Municipal Utilities Lamoni, IA	Oil	11 MW	City Of Lamoni - (Ia)
43.6 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.1 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
46.4 mi	Ottumwa City Of Ottumwa, IA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Ottumwa City Of
48.4 mi	Bloomfield Municipal Utilities Solar Bloomfield, IA	Solar	2 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
48.9 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 27 power plants within 50 miles of Chariton, Iowa (ZIP 50049), with a combined 2,365 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 27 nearby plants. The closest plant is Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar at 1.7 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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