Power Plants Near 50050 — Churdan, IA

51 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50050 (Churdan, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.1614, -94.4933 · County: Greene

Wind 81%Natural Gas 10%Oil 5%Solar 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.6 mi	Hardin Hilltop Wind Llc Jefferson, IA	Wind	15 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
11.1 mi	Grand Junction Grand Junction, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Grand Junction - (Ia)
12.3 mi	Junction Hilltop Wind Farm Dana, IA	Wind	8 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
13.4 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
15.2 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
16.9 mi	Rippey Wind Farm Grand Junction, IA	Wind	50 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
17.3 mi	Beaver Creek Wind Ogden, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
20.4 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.3 mi	Coon Rapids Ii Coon Rapids, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Coon Rapids
22.4 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.7 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
24.5 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
25.2 mi	Carroll Area Wind Farm Templeton, IA	Wind	21 MW	Sriv Partnership Llc
29.1 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
29.3 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.3 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
31.8 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
31.9 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.7 mi	Victory Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	105 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.9 mi	Manning Manning, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Manning
32.9 mi	Panora Panora, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Panora - (Ia)
33.3 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
34.5 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.5 mi	Silver Queen Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	—	Silver Queen Wind Farm, Llc
34.9 mi	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc Melville, IA	Wind	104 MW	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc
37.8 mi	Heartland Divide Ii Audubon, IA	Wind	200 MW	Heartland Divide Ii
40.0 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
40.3 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
40.7 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
42.6 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
43.1 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.0 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
44.7 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
44.7 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
45.6 mi	West Receiving Denison, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Denison - (Ia)
45.7 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
45.9 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
46.3 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
46.3 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
46.3 mi	Stuart (Ia) Stuart, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
46.8 mi	Gilliam South Stuart, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
47.5 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
47.6 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
48.2 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.4 mi	Wind Gem Stuart, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wind Gem, Llc
48.5 mi	New Harvest Wind Project Llc Schleswig, IA	Wind	100 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
48.7 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
49.0 mi	Morning Light Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	111 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.3 mi	Ida Grove Wind Ida Grove, IA	Wind	301 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.4 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.8 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny

Power generation near this area

There are 51 power plants within 50 miles of Churdan, Iowa (ZIP 50050), with a combined 3,422 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 24 of the 51 nearby plants. The closest plant is Hardin Hilltop Wind Llc at 8.6 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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