Power Plants Near 50078 — Ferguson, IA

72 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50078 (Ferguson, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.9374, -92.8650 · County: Marshall

Natural Gas 55%Wind 39%Oil 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.1 mi	Laurel Wind Farm Laurel, IA	Wind	123 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
7.3 mi	Marshalltown Generating Station Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	709 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
7.6 mi	Sutherland Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
7.6 mi	Marshalltown Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	189 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
8.4 mi	Alliant Sbd 9107 Jbs Usa Marshalltown, IA	Oil	11 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
14.1 mi	Grinnell Grinnell, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
14.4 mi	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Solar	4 MW	Azimuth 180 Solar Electric, Llc
14.7 mi	Grinnell Customer Hosted Solar Grinnell, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
16.0 mi	Vienna Wind Farm Marshalltown, IA	Wind	150 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
16.3 mi	State Center State Center, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of State Center - (Ia)
16.8 mi	Venus Wind 3 Llc Grinnell, IA	Wind	3 MW	Venus Wind 3 Llc
23.9 mi	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc
25.8 mi	Brooklyn City North Plant Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
25.9 mi	Brooklyn Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
26.5 mi	Traer East Tracer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
26.6 mi	Traer Wind Project Traer, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
26.7 mi	Traer South Traer, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
27.1 mi	Traer Main Traer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
27.7 mi	Ivester Wind Farm Wellsburg, IA	Wind	91 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.7 mi	North English Montezuma, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.0 mi	Winding Stair Wind Dysart, IA	Wind	—	Winding Stair Wind
29.7 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
29.8 mi	Grundy Center City Light Plant Grundy Center, IA	Oil	9 MW	Grundy Center Mun Light & Power
30.0 mi	Montezuma Montezuma, IA	Oil	10 MW	City Of Montezuma - (Ia)
30.2 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
31.8 mi	Wellsburg Wind Project Wellsburg, IA	Wind	141 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.8 mi	Garden Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Garden Wind Llc
33.8 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
33.8 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
33.9 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
34.0 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
34.2 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
34.4 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
34.7 mi	English Farms Montezuma, IA	Wind	172 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
35.6 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.6 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
36.9 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
37.3 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
37.4 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
37.5 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
38.3 mi	Dike City Power Plant Dike, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dike
38.7 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
38.9 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
39.2 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
39.7 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
40.3 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
40.4 mi	Diamond Trail Wind Farm Ladora, IA	Wind	253 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.8 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
41.5 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
41.6 mi	Electrifarm Waterloo, IA	Natural Gas	264 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.1 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
42.6 mi	Alliant Sbd 8601 Quad Graphics Marengo, IA	Oil	4 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
42.9 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
43.0 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.0 mi	Cedar Falls Solar Farm Cedar Falls, IA	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
43.0 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
43.2 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.2 mi	La Porte La Porte City, IA	Oil	5 MW	La Porte City Utilities
43.4 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
43.7 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
44.1 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.1 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.4 mi	Gas Turbine (Ia) Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	43 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
44.9 mi	University Of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	University Of Northern Iowa
45.7 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.7 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.1 mi	Vinton Vinton, IA	Natural Gas	18 MW	City Of Vinton - (Ia)
46.2 mi	Streeter Station Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	52 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
46.5 mi	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc Alden, IA	Wind	3 MW	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc
47.4 mi	Waterloo Lundquist Waterloo, IA	Oil	18 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.0 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
49.4 mi	Waterloo Solar (Ia) Waterloo, IA	Solar	3 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 72 power plants within 50 miles of Ferguson, Iowa (ZIP 50078), with a combined 4,570 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 23 of the 72 nearby plants. The closest plant is Laurel Wind Farm at 5.1 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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