Power Plants Near 50071 — Dows, IA

64 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50071 (Dows, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.6610, -93.5058 · County: Wright

Wind 69%Natural Gas 21%Oil 7%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.0 mi	Whispering Willow North Latimer, IA	Wind	201 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
9.4 mi	Franklin County Wind Farm Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	99 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
9.4 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
13.2 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
13.3 mi	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc Alden, IA	Wind	3 MW	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc
14.0 mi	Hampton Substation Energy Storage Hampton, IA	Battery Storage	2 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
15.4 mi	Whispering Willow Wind Farm - East Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
15.8 mi	Franklin County Solar Hampton, IA	Solar	7 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
20.5 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
24.3 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
26.7 mi	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc Garner, IA	Wind	42 MW	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc
27.8 mi	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm Union, IA	Wind	42 MW	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm
27.8 mi	Hancock County Wind Energy Center Garner, IA	Wind	98 MW	Fpl Energy Hancock County Wind, Llc
30.9 mi	Garden Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Garden Wind Llc
31.0 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.7 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
31.8 mi	Emery Station Clear Lake, IA	Natural Gas	603 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
33.2 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
33.2 mi	Wellsburg Wind Project Wellsburg, IA	Wind	141 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.2 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
36.4 mi	Ivester Wind Farm Wellsburg, IA	Wind	91 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.0 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
39.0 mi	Rockford Rockford, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Rockford- (Ia)
39.0 mi	Ced Mason City Wind Mason City, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
39.1 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
39.9 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
40.3 mi	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc
40.7 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.2 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
41.5 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
42.1 mi	Forest City Light Plant Forest City, IA	Oil	22 MW	City Of Forest City- (Ia)
42.7 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
42.7 mi	Grundy Center City Light Plant Grundy Center, IA	Oil	9 MW	Grundy Center Mun Light & Power
42.9 mi	Forest City Solar Forest City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
43.3 mi	Lime Creek Mason City, IA	Oil	90 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
43.9 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
44.0 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
44.0 mi	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc Hanlontown, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc
44.1 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
44.2 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
44.3 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
44.3 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
44.4 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
44.5 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
44.7 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
44.9 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
44.9 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
45.0 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
45.0 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
45.2 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
45.4 mi	Roeder Family Wind Farm Llc Manly, IA	Wind	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
45.8 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
46.3 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
46.8 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
46.8 mi	Dike City Power Plant Dike, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dike
47.1 mi	Winnebago Wind Power Project Forest City, IA	Wind	20 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
47.7 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
47.7 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.8 mi	State Center State Center, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of State Center - (Ia)
48.2 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
49.2 mi	Top Of Iowa Windfarm Iii Kensett, IA	Wind	30 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
49.3 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
49.4 mi	Merl Parr Charles City, IA	Natural Gas	36 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.5 mi	Northern Iowa Windpower Ii Kensett, IA	Wind	80 MW	Avangrid Power Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 64 power plants within 50 miles of Dows, Iowa (ZIP 50071), with a combined 3,900 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 34 of the 64 nearby plants. The closest plant is Whispering Willow North at 9.0 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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