Power Plants Near 50143 — Leighton, IA

40 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50143 (Leighton, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.3647, -92.8081 · County: Mahaska

Natural Gas 50%Wind 27%Coal 18%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.0 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
7.4 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
7.4 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
9.0 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
13.5 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
13.5 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
17.7 mi	Cargill Corn Milling Division Eddyville, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Cargill Inc North America Sweetners
21.3 mi	Montezuma Montezuma, IA	Oil	10 MW	City Of Montezuma - (Ia)
22.7 mi	Ottumwa Ottumwa, IA	Coal	726 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
25.0 mi	North English Montezuma, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.1 mi	English Farms Montezuma, IA	Wind	172 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
26.6 mi	Grinnell Customer Hosted Solar Grinnell, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
27.0 mi	Venus Wind 3 Llc Grinnell, IA	Wind	3 MW	Venus Wind 3 Llc
27.0 mi	Grinnell Grinnell, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
27.7 mi	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Solar	4 MW	Azimuth 180 Solar Electric, Llc
31.2 mi	Brooklyn Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
31.6 mi	Ottumwa City Of Ottumwa, IA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Ottumwa City Of
32.2 mi	Brooklyn City North Plant Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
32.6 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
35.4 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.4 mi	Laurel Wind Farm Laurel, IA	Wind	123 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.2 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
39.4 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.6 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.6 mi	Diamond Trail Wind Farm Ladora, IA	Wind	253 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.4 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
42.8 mi	Centerville Centerville, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
43.0 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
44.0 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
44.8 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.3 mi	Ced Centerville Wind Centerville, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
46.4 mi	Bloomfield Municipal Utilities Solar Bloomfield, IA	Solar	2 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
47.0 mi	Marshalltown Generating Station Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	709 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.2 mi	Sutherland Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.2 mi	Marshalltown Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	189 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.0 mi	Alliant Sbd 9107 Jbs Usa Marshalltown, IA	Oil	11 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
48.6 mi	State Center State Center, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of State Center - (Ia)
48.8 mi	Alliant Sbd 8601 Quad Graphics Marengo, IA	Oil	4 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
49.7 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.9 mi	Bloomfield Bloomfield, IA	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Bloomfield - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 40 power plants within 50 miles of Leighton, Iowa (ZIP 50143), with a combined 3,992 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 11 of the 40 nearby plants. The closest plant is Pella at 6.0 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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