Power Plants Near 50074 — Ellston, IA

37 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50074 (Ellston, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.8505, -94.0841 · County: Ringgold

Wind 88%Natural Gas 5%Oil 4%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
17.7 mi	Lamoni Municipal Utilities Lamoni, IA	Oil	11 MW	City Of Lamoni - (Ia)
19.5 mi	Creston Solar (50 Mw) Creston, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
21.2 mi	Birch Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Birch Power Llc
21.3 mi	August Wind Farm Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	August Wind Energy, Llc
21.6 mi	Creston School Customer Hosted Solar Creston, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
22.8 mi	Summit Lake Creston, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
24.8 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.9 mi	Lenox Lenox, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lenox - (Ia)
26.9 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.9 mi	Orient Wind Farm Orient, IA	Wind	501 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.1 mi	Adams Wind Lenox, IA	Wind	154 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.8 mi	Cumberland Rose Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, Llc
31.9 mi	Bulldog Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Bulldog Wind Energy, Llc
33.0 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
33.8 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
35.3 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
36.9 mi	Greenfield Wind Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Greenfield Wind Power, Llc
36.9 mi	Sky Volt Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Sky Volt, Llc
37.0 mi	Greenfield Light Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	—	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
37.0 mi	Downtown Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
37.5 mi	North Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
38.0 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
39.4 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.1 mi	Contrail Wind Farm Bedford, IA	Wind	112 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.3 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
41.8 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc
41.9 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc
42.2 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc
43.2 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.6 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.4 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
44.8 mi	Wind Gem Stuart, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wind Gem, Llc
46.4 mi	Gilliam South Stuart, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
46.7 mi	Stuart (Ia) Stuart, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
47.4 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
48.9 mi	Morning Light Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	111 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.8 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 37 power plants within 50 miles of Ellston, Iowa (ZIP 50074), with a combined 2,583 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 20 of the 37 nearby plants. The closest plant is Lamoni Municipal Utilities at 17.7 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.

← Search a different location · Printable proximity report →