Power Plants Near 50118 — Hartford, IA

55 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50118 (Hartford, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.4596, -93.4022 · County: Warren

Natural Gas 58%Wind 33%Oil 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.2 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
9.3 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
9.9 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
10.8 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
11.3 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
13.3 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
14.4 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
14.8 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
20.3 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
20.3 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
20.4 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.7 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
24.3 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
25.6 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
29.5 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
31.3 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
32.7 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
36.2 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.0 mi	Laurel Wind Farm Laurel, IA	Wind	123 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.2 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
38.3 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
38.8 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
38.9 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
39.0 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
39.1 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
39.1 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
39.1 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
39.1 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
39.3 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
39.3 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
39.4 mi	Grinnell Grinnell, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
39.5 mi	Grinnell Customer Hosted Solar Grinnell, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
40.3 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.3 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
40.4 mi	State Center State Center, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of State Center - (Ia)
40.5 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
40.9 mi	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Solar	4 MW	Azimuth 180 Solar Electric, Llc
41.1 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
41.5 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
42.5 mi	Venus Wind 3 Llc Grinnell, IA	Wind	3 MW	Venus Wind 3 Llc
44.6 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.7 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.1 mi	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc
45.1 mi	Cargill Corn Milling Division Eddyville, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Cargill Inc North America Sweetners
45.6 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.3 mi	Montezuma Montezuma, IA	Oil	10 MW	City Of Montezuma - (Ia)
47.5 mi	Stuart (Ia) Stuart, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
47.8 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.0 mi	Gilliam South Stuart, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
48.4 mi	North English Montezuma, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.5 mi	Wind Gem Stuart, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wind Gem, Llc
48.7 mi	Marshalltown Generating Station Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	709 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.7 mi	Alliant Sbd 9107 Jbs Usa Marshalltown, IA	Oil	11 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
49.3 mi	Sutherland Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.3 mi	Marshalltown Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	189 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co

Power generation near this area

There are 55 power plants within 50 miles of Hartford, Iowa (ZIP 50118), with a combined 3,716 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 16 of the 55 nearby plants. The closest plant is Pleasant Hill at 9.2 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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