Power Plants Near 50068 — Derby, IA

26 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50068 (Derby, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.9355, -93.4796 · County: Lucas

Natural Gas 47%Coal 33%Oil 8%Wind 6%Hydroelectric 3%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.4 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
29.6 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
32.1 mi	Lamoni Municipal Utilities Lamoni, IA	Oil	11 MW	City Of Lamoni - (Ia)
34.1 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.1 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.3 mi	Centerville Centerville, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.5 mi	Ced Centerville Wind Centerville, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
37.6 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.2 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
39.7 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
40.1 mi	Unionville City Of Unionville, MO	Oil	9 MW	City Of Unionville - (Mo)
40.7 mi	Unionville Unionville, MO	Oil	53 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
43.0 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.0 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.3 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
43.4 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
44.3 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
44.7 mi	Creston Solar (50 Mw) Creston, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
45.6 mi	Cargill Corn Milling Division Eddyville, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Cargill Inc North America Sweetners
45.8 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.3 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
46.3 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
46.9 mi	Summit Lake Creston, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
47.6 mi	Creston School Customer Hosted Solar Creston, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.9 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
49.4 mi	Ottumwa Ottumwa, IA	Coal	726 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co

Power generation near this area

There are 26 power plants within 50 miles of Derby, Iowa (ZIP 50068), with a combined 2,204 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 26 nearby plants. The closest plant is Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar at 10.4 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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