Power Plants Near 50063 — Dallas Center, IA

76 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50063 (Dallas Center, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.6862, -93.9707 · County: Dallas

Wind 66%Natural Gas 28%Oil 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.3 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
15.2 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
19.3 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
20.4 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
20.5 mi	Panora Panora, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Panora - (Ia)
21.2 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
21.4 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
21.9 mi	Stuart (Ia) Stuart, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
22.4 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
22.6 mi	Gilliam South Stuart, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
22.7 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
24.2 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
24.2 mi	Wind Gem Stuart, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wind Gem, Llc
24.5 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
24.6 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.6 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
24.6 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.7 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.9 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
26.0 mi	Rippey Wind Farm Grand Junction, IA	Wind	50 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
26.7 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
28.5 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
29.1 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
30.0 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
30.4 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
30.7 mi	Beaver Creek Wind Ogden, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.9 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
30.9 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
31.4 mi	Grand Junction Grand Junction, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Grand Junction - (Ia)
31.8 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc
31.9 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
32.0 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc
32.0 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
32.4 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
32.4 mi	Junction Hilltop Wind Farm Dana, IA	Wind	8 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
32.5 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
32.7 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
32.9 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
32.9 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
33.7 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.1 mi	Hardin Hilltop Wind Llc Jefferson, IA	Wind	15 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
35.1 mi	Morning Light Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	111 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.8 mi	North Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
35.9 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
36.5 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
36.6 mi	Downtown Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
36.6 mi	Greenfield Light Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	—	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
36.8 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
38.0 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.2 mi	Greenfield Wind Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Greenfield Wind Power, Llc
38.2 mi	Sky Volt Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Sky Volt, Llc
38.8 mi	Coon Rapids Ii Coon Rapids, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Coon Rapids
39.2 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc
39.4 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
39.8 mi	Cumberland Rose Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, Llc
40.0 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
40.1 mi	Bulldog Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Bulldog Wind Energy, Llc
40.2 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.6 mi	Orient Wind Farm Orient, IA	Wind	501 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.8 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
42.9 mi	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc Melville, IA	Wind	104 MW	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc
44.1 mi	Summit Lake Creston, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
44.3 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
44.4 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
45.9 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
46.0 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.0 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
46.1 mi	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc
46.2 mi	Creston Solar (50 Mw) Creston, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.7 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
47.1 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
47.2 mi	Creston School Customer Hosted Solar Creston, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.3 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.4 mi	State Center State Center, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of State Center - (Ia)
48.2 mi	Garden Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Garden Wind Llc
49.5 mi	Heartland Divide Ii Audubon, IA	Wind	200 MW	Heartland Divide Ii

Power generation near this area

There are 76 power plants within 50 miles of Dallas Center, Iowa (ZIP 50063), with a combined 4,849 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 36 of the 76 nearby plants. The closest plant is Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project at 13.3 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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