Power Plants Near 50206 — New Providence, IA

67 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50206 (New Providence, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.2693, -93.1753 · County: Hardin

Wind 49%Natural Gas 44%Oil 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.6 mi	Garden Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Garden Wind Llc
12.4 mi	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc
12.5 mi	Ivester Wind Farm Wellsburg, IA	Wind	91 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
13.6 mi	Wellsburg Wind Project Wellsburg, IA	Wind	141 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
17.5 mi	State Center State Center, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of State Center - (Ia)
18.6 mi	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc Alden, IA	Wind	3 MW	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc
20.5 mi	Alliant Sbd 9107 Jbs Usa Marshalltown, IA	Oil	11 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
21.2 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
21.6 mi	Grundy Center City Light Plant Grundy Center, IA	Oil	9 MW	Grundy Center Mun Light & Power
21.7 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
21.8 mi	Vienna Wind Farm Marshalltown, IA	Wind	150 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.0 mi	Marshalltown Generating Station Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	709 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
22.1 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
22.3 mi	Marshalltown Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	189 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
22.3 mi	Sutherland Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
22.5 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
24.5 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
24.5 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
24.7 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
24.7 mi	Franklin County Wind Farm Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	99 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
24.9 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
25.0 mi	Whispering Willow Wind Farm - East Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
25.2 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
25.4 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
25.8 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
26.8 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
27.1 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
27.9 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
29.0 mi	Hampton Substation Energy Storage Hampton, IA	Battery Storage	2 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
29.1 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
29.2 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
29.4 mi	Laurel Wind Farm Laurel, IA	Wind	123 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.0 mi	Dike City Power Plant Dike, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dike
31.1 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.2 mi	Franklin County Solar Hampton, IA	Solar	7 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.8 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
33.6 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
35.3 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
35.5 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
36.1 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
36.2 mi	Traer South Traer, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
36.8 mi	Traer East Tracer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
36.8 mi	Traer Main Traer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
37.1 mi	Whispering Willow North Latimer, IA	Wind	201 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
37.7 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
38.2 mi	Traer Wind Project Traer, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
39.4 mi	Cedar Falls Solar Farm Cedar Falls, IA	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
39.4 mi	Gas Turbine (Ia) Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	43 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
40.3 mi	University Of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	University Of Northern Iowa
40.3 mi	Electrifarm Waterloo, IA	Natural Gas	264 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.5 mi	Streeter Station Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	52 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
41.9 mi	Grinnell Grinnell, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
42.2 mi	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Solar	4 MW	Azimuth 180 Solar Electric, Llc
42.3 mi	Winding Stair Wind Dysart, IA	Wind	—	Winding Stair Wind
42.5 mi	Grinnell Customer Hosted Solar Grinnell, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
44.7 mi	Venus Wind 3 Llc Grinnell, IA	Wind	3 MW	Venus Wind 3 Llc
44.9 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
45.4 mi	Waterloo Lundquist Waterloo, IA	Oil	18 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.7 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
45.9 mi	Waterloo Solar (Ia) Waterloo, IA	Solar	3 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.2 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
47.4 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
48.0 mi	Waverly Municipal Electric North Plant Waverly, IA	Oil	25 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
48.0 mi	South Plant (Ia) Waverly, IA	Oil	12 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
48.0 mi	Waverly Community Wind Project Waverly, IA	Wind	3 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
48.6 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.3 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co

Power generation near this area

There are 67 power plants within 50 miles of New Providence, Iowa (ZIP 50206), with a combined 3,616 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 25 of the 67 nearby plants. The closest plant is Garden Wind Llc at 10.6 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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