Power Plants Near 50146 — Linden, IA

78 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50146 (Linden, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.6422, -94.2406 · County: Dallas

Wind 65%Natural Gas 29%Oil 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.5 mi	Panora Panora, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Panora - (Ia)
10.3 mi	Stuart (Ia) Stuart, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
11.0 mi	Gilliam South Stuart, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
12.2 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
12.9 mi	Wind Gem Stuart, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wind Gem, Llc
15.2 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
16.5 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
20.2 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc
20.4 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc
21.6 mi	Morning Light Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	111 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.7 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.2 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
25.1 mi	North Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
25.1 mi	Rippey Wind Farm Grand Junction, IA	Wind	50 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
26.0 mi	Downtown Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
26.0 mi	Greenfield Light Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	—	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
26.6 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.0 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc
27.4 mi	Greenfield Wind Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Greenfield Wind Power, Llc
27.4 mi	Sky Volt Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Sky Volt, Llc
27.6 mi	Grand Junction Grand Junction, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Grand Junction - (Ia)
27.7 mi	Coon Rapids Ii Coon Rapids, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Coon Rapids
29.1 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
29.2 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.4 mi	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc Melville, IA	Wind	104 MW	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc
30.4 mi	Cumberland Rose Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, Llc
30.4 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
30.6 mi	Bulldog Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Bulldog Wind Energy, Llc
30.8 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.1 mi	Hardin Hilltop Wind Llc Jefferson, IA	Wind	15 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
31.6 mi	Junction Hilltop Wind Farm Dana, IA	Wind	8 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
31.7 mi	Orient Wind Farm Orient, IA	Wind	501 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.3 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.3 mi	Beaver Creek Wind Ogden, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.4 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
32.5 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
33.9 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
34.4 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
35.2 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
35.6 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
35.8 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
35.9 mi	Heartland Divide Ii Audubon, IA	Wind	200 MW	Heartland Divide Ii
36.2 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
36.2 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
36.9 mi	Summit Lake Creston, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
37.2 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
37.3 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.5 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.0 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
38.5 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.2 mi	Carroll Area Wind Farm Templeton, IA	Wind	21 MW	Sriv Partnership Llc
39.7 mi	Creston Solar (50 Mw) Creston, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
39.9 mi	Creston School Customer Hosted Solar Creston, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
40.1 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
40.7 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
40.7 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
40.8 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
41.4 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.0 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
42.5 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
42.8 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
43.1 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
43.6 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
43.7 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
44.0 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
44.3 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
44.7 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
44.8 mi	Manning Manning, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Manning
45.2 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
45.4 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
45.6 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
45.6 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
45.8 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
46.9 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
48.0 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.9 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
49.5 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
50.0 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 78 power plants within 50 miles of Linden, Iowa (ZIP 50146), with a combined 5,281 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 37 of the 78 nearby plants. The closest plant is Panora at 7.5 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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