Power Plants Near 50054 — Colfax, IA

60 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50054 (Colfax, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.6788, -93.2588 · County: Jasper

Natural Gas 53%Wind 39%Oil 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.4 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
16.1 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
16.3 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
17.1 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
17.2 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
17.3 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
19.6 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
21.6 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
21.9 mi	Laurel Wind Farm Laurel, IA	Wind	123 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.4 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
23.9 mi	State Center State Center, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of State Center - (Ia)
24.9 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
25.7 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
25.7 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
25.7 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
26.3 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
26.5 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
26.7 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
26.8 mi	Grinnell Grinnell, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
26.8 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
26.9 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
26.9 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
27.1 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.1 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.1 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
27.1 mi	Grinnell Customer Hosted Solar Grinnell, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
28.3 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
28.3 mi	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Solar	4 MW	Azimuth 180 Solar Electric, Llc
29.0 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
29.1 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
29.3 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
29.4 mi	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc
30.0 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
30.3 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
30.6 mi	Venus Wind 3 Llc Grinnell, IA	Wind	3 MW	Venus Wind 3 Llc
30.7 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
31.1 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
32.0 mi	Alliant Sbd 9107 Jbs Usa Marshalltown, IA	Oil	11 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
32.1 mi	Marshalltown Generating Station Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	709 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
32.7 mi	Sutherland Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
32.7 mi	Marshalltown Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	189 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
33.2 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.2 mi	Garden Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Garden Wind Llc
38.5 mi	Montezuma Montezuma, IA	Oil	10 MW	City Of Montezuma - (Ia)
39.2 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
39.3 mi	North English Montezuma, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.5 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
40.6 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
41.5 mi	Vienna Wind Farm Marshalltown, IA	Wind	150 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.0 mi	Brooklyn Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
42.5 mi	Brooklyn City North Plant Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
44.6 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
44.6 mi	English Farms Montezuma, IA	Wind	172 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
45.6 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
45.8 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.5 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
48.0 mi	Ivester Wind Farm Wellsburg, IA	Wind	91 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.7 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
49.0 mi	Cargill Corn Milling Division Eddyville, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Cargill Inc North America Sweetners
49.4 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell

Power generation near this area

There are 60 power plants within 50 miles of Colfax, Iowa (ZIP 50054), with a combined 4,068 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 19 of the 60 nearby plants. The closest plant is Metro Methane Recovery Facility at 7.4 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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