Power Plants Near 50102 — Garden City, IA

68 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50102 (Garden City, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.2455, -93.3955 · County: Hardin

Wind 50%Natural Gas 44%Oil 3%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.8 mi	Garden Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Garden Wind Llc
10.8 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
11.3 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
11.6 mi	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc
14.8 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
15.1 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
15.4 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
16.7 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
16.8 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
16.8 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
17.0 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
17.2 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
17.5 mi	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc Alden, IA	Wind	3 MW	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc
17.7 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
17.9 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
18.5 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
18.7 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
19.6 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
19.8 mi	State Center State Center, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of State Center - (Ia)
20.2 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
22.7 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
23.7 mi	Ivester Wind Farm Wellsburg, IA	Wind	91 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.1 mi	Wellsburg Wind Project Wellsburg, IA	Wind	141 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.2 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
24.7 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
25.1 mi	Franklin County Wind Farm Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	99 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
25.2 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.5 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
26.8 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
27.8 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
28.3 mi	Whispering Willow Wind Farm - East Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
28.7 mi	Alliant Sbd 9107 Jbs Usa Marshalltown, IA	Oil	11 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
30.2 mi	Marshalltown Generating Station Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	709 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
30.7 mi	Marshalltown Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	189 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
30.7 mi	Sutherland Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
31.6 mi	Hampton Substation Energy Storage Hampton, IA	Battery Storage	2 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
32.3 mi	Vienna Wind Farm Marshalltown, IA	Wind	150 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.9 mi	Grundy Center City Light Plant Grundy Center, IA	Oil	9 MW	Grundy Center Mun Light & Power
34.2 mi	Franklin County Solar Hampton, IA	Solar	7 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.5 mi	Laurel Wind Farm Laurel, IA	Wind	123 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.5 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
36.3 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
36.6 mi	Whispering Willow North Latimer, IA	Wind	201 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
40.1 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.5 mi	Beaver Creek Wind Ogden, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.0 mi	Dike City Power Plant Dike, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dike
42.2 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.3 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
42.4 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.0 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
44.7 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
45.5 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
45.8 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
45.9 mi	Junction Hilltop Wind Farm Dana, IA	Wind	8 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
45.9 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
46.2 mi	Rippey Wind Farm Grand Junction, IA	Wind	50 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
46.4 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.7 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.2 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
47.3 mi	Traer South Traer, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
47.5 mi	Grinnell Grinnell, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.8 mi	Traer East Tracer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
47.8 mi	Traer Main Traer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
48.0 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.1 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.2 mi	Grinnell Customer Hosted Solar Grinnell, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.3 mi	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Solar	4 MW	Azimuth 180 Solar Electric, Llc
49.1 mi	Traer Wind Project Traer, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 68 power plants within 50 miles of Garden City, Iowa (ZIP 50102), with a combined 4,830 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 26 of the 68 nearby plants. The closest plant is Garden Wind Llc at 1.8 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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