Power Plants Near 50207 — New Sharon, IA

40 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50207 (New Sharon, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.4640, -92.6848 · County: Mahaska

Natural Gas 46%Wind 30%Coal 18%Oil 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.1 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
11.9 mi	Montezuma Montezuma, IA	Oil	10 MW	City Of Montezuma - (Ia)
12.7 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
13.6 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
15.6 mi	North English Montezuma, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
16.1 mi	English Farms Montezuma, IA	Wind	172 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
16.7 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
19.2 mi	Venus Wind 3 Llc Grinnell, IA	Wind	3 MW	Venus Wind 3 Llc
19.7 mi	Grinnell Customer Hosted Solar Grinnell, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
20.2 mi	Grinnell Grinnell, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
20.5 mi	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Solar	4 MW	Azimuth 180 Solar Electric, Llc
22.0 mi	Brooklyn Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
22.0 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.0 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.6 mi	Cargill Corn Milling Division Eddyville, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Cargill Inc North America Sweetners
22.9 mi	Brooklyn City North Plant Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
26.3 mi	Ottumwa Ottumwa, IA	Coal	726 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
30.6 mi	Diamond Trail Wind Farm Ladora, IA	Wind	253 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.7 mi	Laurel Wind Farm Laurel, IA	Wind	123 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.0 mi	Ottumwa City Of Ottumwa, IA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Ottumwa City Of
35.9 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
39.6 mi	Alliant Sbd 8601 Quad Graphics Marengo, IA	Oil	4 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
41.2 mi	Marshalltown Generating Station Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	709 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
41.3 mi	Sutherland Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
41.3 mi	Marshalltown Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	189 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
42.3 mi	Alliant Sbd 9107 Jbs Usa Marshalltown, IA	Oil	11 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
43.9 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.1 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.8 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
45.5 mi	State Center State Center, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of State Center - (Ia)
45.8 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
46.1 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
46.8 mi	Amana Society Service Company Middle Amana, IA	Oil	22 MW	Amana Society Service Co
47.1 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
47.8 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
48.3 mi	Vienna Wind Farm Marshalltown, IA	Wind	150 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.1 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.3 mi	Winding Stair Wind Dysart, IA	Wind	—	Winding Stair Wind
49.6 mi	Farmers Electric Cooperative - Kalona Kalona, IA	Oil	6 MW	Farmers Electric Coop - (Ia)
49.8 mi	Traer Wind Project Traer, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 40 power plants within 50 miles of New Sharon, Iowa (ZIP 50207), with a combined 3,996 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 40 nearby plants. The closest plant is Prairie Wind Farm at 2.1 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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