Power Plants Near 50055 — Collins, IA

69 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50055 (Collins, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.9032, -93.3008 · County: Story

Wind 48%Natural Gas 45%Oil 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.6 mi	State Center State Center, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of State Center - (Ia)
10.9 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
11.1 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
13.5 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
13.5 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
13.5 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
13.6 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
13.6 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
14.0 mi	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc
16.0 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
16.6 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
16.8 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
17.4 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
17.7 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
18.0 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
18.9 mi	Laurel Wind Farm Laurel, IA	Wind	123 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
19.0 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
19.4 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
21.2 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
21.2 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
22.5 mi	Garden Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Garden Wind Llc
23.3 mi	Alliant Sbd 9107 Jbs Usa Marshalltown, IA	Oil	11 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
24.0 mi	Marshalltown Generating Station Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	709 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
24.2 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
24.8 mi	Sutherland Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
24.8 mi	Marshalltown Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	189 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
24.9 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
25.1 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.2 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
26.0 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
26.4 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
26.5 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.7 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.2 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.3 mi	Grinnell Grinnell, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
30.6 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
30.8 mi	Grinnell Customer Hosted Solar Grinnell, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
31.5 mi	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Solar	4 MW	Azimuth 180 Solar Electric, Llc
32.2 mi	Vienna Wind Farm Marshalltown, IA	Wind	150 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.2 mi	Venus Wind 3 Llc Grinnell, IA	Wind	3 MW	Venus Wind 3 Llc
34.7 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
34.8 mi	Ivester Wind Farm Wellsburg, IA	Wind	91 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.5 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
37.8 mi	Wellsburg Wind Project Wellsburg, IA	Wind	141 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.9 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
39.4 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
39.9 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
40.2 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
40.4 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
41.2 mi	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc Alden, IA	Wind	3 MW	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc
41.7 mi	Grundy Center City Light Plant Grundy Center, IA	Oil	9 MW	Grundy Center Mun Light & Power
42.4 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
42.4 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.4 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.6 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.1 mi	North English Montezuma, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.6 mi	Brooklyn Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
45.7 mi	Montezuma Montezuma, IA	Oil	10 MW	City Of Montezuma - (Ia)
45.8 mi	Brooklyn City North Plant Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
46.5 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
46.5 mi	Beaver Creek Wind Ogden, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.9 mi	Traer South Traer, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
46.9 mi	Traer East Tracer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
47.2 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
47.4 mi	Traer Main Traer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
47.5 mi	Traer Wind Project Traer, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
48.6 mi	Franklin County Wind Farm Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	99 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.7 mi	Rippey Wind Farm Grand Junction, IA	Wind	50 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
48.8 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 69 power plants within 50 miles of Collins, Iowa (ZIP 50055), with a combined 4,713 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 25 of the 69 nearby plants. The closest plant is State Center at 10.6 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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