Power Plants Near 50144 — Leon, IA

23 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50144 (Leon, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.7373, -93.7429 · County: Decatur

Wind 72%Oil 13%Natural Gas 10%Solar 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.7 mi	Lamoni Municipal Utilities Lamoni, IA	Oil	11 MW	City Of Lamoni - (Ia)
29.8 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
37.6 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.9 mi	Creston Solar (50 Mw) Creston, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
38.3 mi	Birch Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Birch Power Llc
38.4 mi	August Wind Farm Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	August Wind Energy, Llc
40.3 mi	Creston School Customer Hosted Solar Creston, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
40.9 mi	Summit Lake Creston, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
42.4 mi	Unionville Unionville, MO	Oil	53 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
42.5 mi	Unionville City Of Unionville, MO	Oil	9 MW	City Of Unionville - (Mo)
43.5 mi	Trenton Solar Farm (Mo) Trenton, MO	Solar	3 MW	Missouri Jnt Muni.pwr Elec. Ut. Comm.
43.8 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
43.8 mi	Lenox Lenox, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lenox - (Ia)
44.0 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
45.5 mi	Centerville Centerville, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
45.8 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.9 mi	Trenton North Trenton, MO	Oil	14 MW	Trenton Municipal Utilities - (Mo)
46.9 mi	Trenton South Trenton, MO	Oil	14 MW	Trenton Municipal Utilities - (Mo)
46.9 mi	Ced Centerville Wind Centerville, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
46.9 mi	Trenton Diesel Trenton, MO	Oil	—	Trenton Municipal Utilities - (Mo)
47.6 mi	Orient Wind Farm Orient, IA	Wind	501 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.5 mi	Cumberland Rose Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, Llc
49.6 mi	Bulldog Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Bulldog Wind Energy, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 23 power plants within 50 miles of Leon, Iowa (ZIP 50144), with a combined 1,227 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 23 nearby plants. The closest plant is Lamoni Municipal Utilities at 12.7 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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