Power Plants Near 50138 — Knoxville, IA

34 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50138 (Knoxville, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.3164, -93.0954 · County: Marion

Natural Gas 38%Wind 29%Coal 26%Oil 4%Hydroelectric 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.8 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
1.8 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
7.0 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
10.4 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
11.0 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
21.9 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.9 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
23.7 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
24.5 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
26.4 mi	Cargill Corn Milling Division Eddyville, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Cargill Inc North America Sweetners
27.8 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.9 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.8 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
31.8 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
31.9 mi	Ottumwa Ottumwa, IA	Coal	726 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
33.1 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
33.1 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.9 mi	Grinnell Customer Hosted Solar Grinnell, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
35.0 mi	Montezuma Montezuma, IA	Oil	10 MW	City Of Montezuma - (Ia)
35.1 mi	Grinnell Grinnell, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.3 mi	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Solar	4 MW	Azimuth 180 Solar Electric, Llc
36.7 mi	Venus Wind 3 Llc Grinnell, IA	Wind	3 MW	Venus Wind 3 Llc
38.2 mi	North English Montezuma, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.9 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.7 mi	English Farms Montezuma, IA	Wind	172 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
40.1 mi	Laurel Wind Farm Laurel, IA	Wind	123 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.0 mi	Centerville Centerville, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
41.0 mi	Ottumwa City Of Ottumwa, IA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Ottumwa City Of
43.8 mi	Ced Centerville Wind Centerville, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
43.9 mi	Brooklyn Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
44.8 mi	Brooklyn City North Plant Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
47.6 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
47.6 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
48.5 mi	State Center State Center, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of State Center - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 34 power plants within 50 miles of Knoxville, Iowa (ZIP 50138), with a combined 2,837 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 34 nearby plants. The closest plant is Knoxville Industrial 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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