Power Plants Near 50217 — Paton, IA

55 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50217 (Paton, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.1658, -94.2730 · County: Greene

Wind 80%Natural Gas 11%Oil 5%Solar 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.6 mi	Junction Hilltop Wind Farm Dana, IA	Wind	8 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
6.9 mi	Beaver Creek Wind Ogden, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
7.5 mi	Hardin Hilltop Wind Llc Jefferson, IA	Wind	15 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
8.1 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
10.6 mi	Grand Junction Grand Junction, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Grand Junction - (Ia)
10.7 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
11.2 mi	Rippey Wind Farm Grand Junction, IA	Wind	50 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
12.3 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
12.8 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
14.6 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
20.6 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
22.5 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
23.6 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
29.2 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.2 mi	Coon Rapids Ii Coon Rapids, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Coon Rapids
31.5 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
32.1 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
32.9 mi	Panora Panora, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Panora - (Ia)
33.2 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
33.6 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.9 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
34.0 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.2 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
34.5 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
34.6 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
35.1 mi	Carroll Area Wind Farm Templeton, IA	Wind	21 MW	Sriv Partnership Llc
35.4 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
35.5 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 Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
37.3 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
37.7 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.7 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
40.0 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
40.1 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
40.2 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
40.2 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
40.2 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
40.9 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
41.5 mi	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc Melville, IA	Wind	104 MW	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc
42.6 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.0 mi	Manning Manning, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Manning
43.7 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
43.8 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
44.0 mi	Victory Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	105 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.2 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
45.5 mi	Silver Queen Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	—	Silver Queen Wind Farm, Llc
45.6 mi	Heartland Divide Ii Audubon, IA	Wind	200 MW	Heartland Divide Ii
45.8 mi	Stuart (Ia) Stuart, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
45.9 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.2 mi	Garden Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Garden Wind Llc
46.4 mi	Gilliam South Stuart, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
47.3 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.2 mi	Wind Gem Stuart, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wind Gem, Llc
48.3 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 55 power plants within 50 miles of Paton, Iowa (ZIP 50217), with a combined 3,123 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 28 of the 55 nearby plants. The closest plant is Junction Hilltop Wind Farm at 4.6 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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