Power Plants Near 50139 — Lacona, IA

27 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50139 (Lacona, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.1988, -93.3838 · County: Warren

Natural Gas 40%Coal 27%Wind 23%Oil 4%Solar 3%Hydroelectric 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.6 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
14.5 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
18.6 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
18.6 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.0 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
25.8 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.8 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.4 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
27.4 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
27.7 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
28.0 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
29.6 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
29.7 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.2 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
34.0 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
36.1 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.4 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.6 mi	Cargill Corn Milling Division Eddyville, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Cargill Inc North America Sweetners
38.9 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.0 mi	Centerville Centerville, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
43.7 mi	Ottumwa Ottumwa, IA	Coal	726 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
43.8 mi	Ced Centerville Wind Centerville, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
47.7 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.7 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
49.1 mi	Lamoni Municipal Utilities Lamoni, IA	Oil	11 MW	City Of Lamoni - (Ia)
49.2 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.4 mi	Creston Solar (50 Mw) Creston, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co

Power generation near this area

There are 27 power plants within 50 miles of Lacona, Iowa (ZIP 50139), with a combined 2,687 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 27 nearby plants. The closest plant is Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar at 11.6 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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