Power Plants Near 50164 — Menlo, IA

65 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50164 (Menlo, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.5348, -94.4090 · County: Guthrie

Wind 68%Natural Gas 28%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.0 mi	Gilliam South Stuart, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
5.2 mi	Stuart (Ia) Stuart, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
5.7 mi	Wind Gem Stuart, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wind Gem, Llc
8.9 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
10.0 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc
10.2 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc
10.2 mi	Morning Light Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	111 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
11.3 mi	Panora Panora, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Panora - (Ia)
11.8 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
14.3 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
15.3 mi	North Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
15.3 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
15.9 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc
16.2 mi	Downtown Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
16.2 mi	Greenfield Light Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	—	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
17.4 mi	Greenfield Wind Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Greenfield Wind Power, Llc
17.4 mi	Sky Volt Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Sky Volt, Llc
19.5 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
21.1 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
21.1 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
21.3 mi	Cumberland Rose Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, Llc
21.4 mi	Bulldog Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Bulldog Wind Energy, Llc
23.0 mi	Orient Wind Farm Orient, IA	Wind	501 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.7 mi	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc Melville, IA	Wind	104 MW	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc
24.7 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
26.0 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
26.1 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
26.5 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
27.1 mi	Coon Rapids Ii Coon Rapids, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Coon Rapids
27.5 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.3 mi	Summit Lake Creston, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
29.4 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.7 mi	Heartland Divide Ii Audubon, IA	Wind	200 MW	Heartland Divide Ii
30.0 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.3 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
31.8 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
31.9 mi	Creston School Customer Hosted Solar Creston, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
32.4 mi	Creston Solar (50 Mw) Creston, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
33.7 mi	Rippey Wind Farm Grand Junction, IA	Wind	50 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
34.2 mi	Grand Junction Grand Junction, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Grand Junction - (Ia)
37.3 mi	Carroll Area Wind Farm Templeton, IA	Wind	21 MW	Sriv Partnership Llc
37.9 mi	Hardin Hilltop Wind Llc Jefferson, IA	Wind	15 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
39.0 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.4 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
39.6 mi	Junction Hilltop Wind Farm Dana, IA	Wind	8 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
41.0 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.2 mi	Manning Manning, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Manning
41.5 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
41.5 mi	Beaver Creek Wind Ogden, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.1 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
43.3 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
43.3 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.1 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
44.1 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
44.6 mi	Adams Wind Lenox, IA	Wind	154 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.4 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
45.6 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.8 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.9 mi	Lenox Lenox, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lenox - (Ia)
46.3 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.1 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
47.4 mi	Harlan Harlan, IA	Oil	3 MW	Harlan Municipal Utilities - (Ia)
47.7 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
49.3 mi	Silver Queen Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	—	Silver Queen Wind Farm, Llc
49.5 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co

Power generation near this area

There are 65 power plants within 50 miles of Menlo, Iowa (ZIP 50164), with a combined 4,850 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 32 of the 65 nearby plants. The closest plant is Gilliam South at 5.0 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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