Power Plants Near 50168 — Mingo, IA

61 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50168 (Mingo, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.7898, -93.2880 · County: Jasper

Natural Gas 50%Wind 42%Oil 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.6 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
16.9 mi	State Center State Center, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of State Center - (Ia)
18.0 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
18.1 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
18.4 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
19.1 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
19.3 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
19.4 mi	Laurel Wind Farm Laurel, IA	Wind	123 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
19.5 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
19.6 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
19.6 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
19.6 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
19.8 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
20.2 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
20.3 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
20.4 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
21.4 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
21.6 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
21.8 mi	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc
22.0 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.3 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
22.4 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
23.0 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
23.2 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
23.2 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
24.4 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
24.9 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
27.2 mi	Alliant Sbd 9107 Jbs Usa Marshalltown, IA	Oil	11 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
27.6 mi	Marshalltown Generating Station Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	709 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
27.9 mi	Grinnell Grinnell, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
28.3 mi	Sutherland Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
28.3 mi	Marshalltown Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	189 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
28.4 mi	Grinnell Customer Hosted Solar Grinnell, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
29.3 mi	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Solar	4 MW	Azimuth 180 Solar Electric, Llc
30.4 mi	Garden Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Garden Wind Llc
31.7 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
31.8 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
31.9 mi	Venus Wind 3 Llc Grinnell, IA	Wind	3 MW	Venus Wind 3 Llc
33.0 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
33.0 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
33.1 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
33.2 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
34.8 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.8 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.8 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.7 mi	Vienna Wind Farm Marshalltown, IA	Wind	150 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.8 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.4 mi	Ivester Wind Farm Wellsburg, IA	Wind	91 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.9 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
41.9 mi	Montezuma Montezuma, IA	Oil	10 MW	City Of Montezuma - (Ia)
41.9 mi	North English Montezuma, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.1 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
42.6 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
43.0 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
43.5 mi	Brooklyn Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
43.9 mi	Brooklyn City North Plant Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
44.7 mi	Wellsburg Wind Project Wellsburg, IA	Wind	141 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.6 mi	Grundy Center City Light Plant Grundy Center, IA	Oil	9 MW	Grundy Center Mun Light & Power
47.9 mi	English Farms Montezuma, IA	Wind	172 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.8 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
49.1 mi	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc Alden, IA	Wind	3 MW	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 61 power plants within 50 miles of Mingo, Iowa (ZIP 50168), with a combined 4,178 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 21 of the 61 nearby plants. The closest plant is Metro Methane Recovery Facility at 13.6 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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