Power Plants Near 50208 — Newton, IA

64 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50208 (Newton, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.6992, -93.0455 · County: Jasper

Natural Gas 43%Wind 36%Coal 15%Oil 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.0 mi	Laurel Wind Farm Laurel, IA	Wind	123 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
15.7 mi	Grinnell Grinnell, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
16.0 mi	Grinnell Customer Hosted Solar Grinnell, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
17.3 mi	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Solar	4 MW	Azimuth 180 Solar Electric, Llc
17.4 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
19.5 mi	Venus Wind 3 Llc Grinnell, IA	Wind	3 MW	Venus Wind 3 Llc
20.7 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
21.9 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
22.8 mi	State Center State Center, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of State Center - (Ia)
23.0 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
25.3 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.4 mi	Marshalltown Generating Station Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	709 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
25.8 mi	Alliant Sbd 9107 Jbs Usa Marshalltown, IA	Oil	11 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
25.9 mi	Sutherland Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
25.9 mi	Marshalltown Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	189 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
26.5 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.5 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.6 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.8 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.8 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
28.1 mi	Montezuma Montezuma, IA	Oil	10 MW	City Of Montezuma - (Ia)
28.2 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
28.3 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
28.5 mi	North English Montezuma, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.2 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
30.3 mi	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc
30.4 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
30.6 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.9 mi	Brooklyn Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
31.4 mi	Brooklyn City North Plant Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
32.3 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
32.5 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
32.6 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
32.6 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.7 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
32.7 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
32.7 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
34.2 mi	English Farms Montezuma, IA	Wind	172 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
34.7 mi	Vienna Wind Farm Marshalltown, IA	Wind	150 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.9 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
35.6 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
35.7 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
36.1 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
36.5 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
36.7 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
36.9 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
38.1 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
38.8 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
40.0 mi	Garden Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Garden Wind Llc
43.9 mi	Cargill Corn Milling Division Eddyville, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Cargill Inc North America Sweetners
44.1 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
44.1 mi	Ivester Wind Farm Wellsburg, IA	Wind	91 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.5 mi	Traer Wind Project Traer, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
44.7 mi	Traer East Tracer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
45.0 mi	Traer South Traer, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
45.2 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
45.3 mi	Traer Main Traer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
45.5 mi	Diamond Trail Wind Farm Ladora, IA	Wind	253 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.1 mi	Winding Stair Wind Dysart, IA	Wind	—	Winding Stair Wind
48.0 mi	Wellsburg Wind Project Wellsburg, IA	Wind	141 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.0 mi	Grundy Center City Light Plant Grundy Center, IA	Oil	9 MW	Grundy Center Mun Light & Power
48.2 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.7 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.8 mi	Ottumwa Ottumwa, IA	Coal	726 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co

Power generation near this area

There are 64 power plants within 50 miles of Newton, Iowa (ZIP 50208), with a combined 4,955 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 22 of the 64 nearby plants. The closest plant is Laurel Wind Farm at 14.0 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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