Power Plants Near 50169 — Mitchellville, IA

60 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50169 (Mitchellville, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.6609, -93.3700 · County: Polk

Natural Gas 50%Wind 42%Oil 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.4 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
10.7 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
10.9 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
11.4 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
11.4 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
11.4 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
13.8 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
15.9 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
20.0 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
23.1 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
25.2 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
25.4 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
25.6 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
25.6 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
25.7 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
25.8 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
25.8 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
26.5 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
26.5 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
26.8 mi	State Center State Center, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of State Center - (Ia)
26.8 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
27.2 mi	Laurel Wind Farm Laurel, IA	Wind	123 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.6 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
27.7 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
28.1 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
28.3 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
28.5 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
28.7 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.7 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.7 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
28.9 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
29.7 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
31.1 mi	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc
32.7 mi	Grinnell Grinnell, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
33.0 mi	Grinnell Customer Hosted Solar Grinnell, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
34.2 mi	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Solar	4 MW	Azimuth 180 Solar Electric, Llc
36.4 mi	Venus Wind 3 Llc Grinnell, IA	Wind	3 MW	Venus Wind 3 Llc
36.6 mi	Alliant Sbd 9107 Jbs Usa Marshalltown, IA	Oil	11 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
36.8 mi	Marshalltown Generating Station Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	709 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
37.4 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
37.5 mi	Sutherland Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
37.5 mi	Marshalltown Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	189 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
37.8 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.2 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
38.9 mi	Garden Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Garden Wind Llc
39.6 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
40.1 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
40.7 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
43.3 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
43.4 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
44.1 mi	Montezuma Montezuma, IA	Oil	10 MW	City Of Montezuma - (Ia)
45.0 mi	North English Montezuma, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.0 mi	Vienna Wind Farm Marshalltown, IA	Wind	150 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.3 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
47.8 mi	Brooklyn Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
48.1 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.3 mi	Brooklyn City North Plant Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
48.5 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
49.2 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.4 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 60 power plants within 50 miles of Mitchellville, Iowa (ZIP 50169), with a combined 4,220 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 19 of the 60 nearby plants. The closest plant is Metro Methane Recovery Facility at 4.4 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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