Power Plants Near 50219 — Pella, IA

38 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50219 (Pella, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.4082, -92.9172 · County: Marion

Natural Gas 50%Wind 27%Coal 18%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.7 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
1.1 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
4.2 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
9.8 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
9.8 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
11.2 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.3 mi	Cargill Corn Milling Division Eddyville, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Cargill Inc North America Sweetners
23.8 mi	Montezuma Montezuma, IA	Oil	10 MW	City Of Montezuma - (Ia)
25.1 mi	Grinnell Customer Hosted Solar Grinnell, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
25.4 mi	Grinnell Grinnell, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
26.2 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
26.3 mi	Venus Wind 3 Llc Grinnell, IA	Wind	3 MW	Venus Wind 3 Llc
26.4 mi	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Solar	4 MW	Azimuth 180 Solar Electric, Llc
27.0 mi	North English Montezuma, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.6 mi	Ottumwa Ottumwa, IA	Coal	726 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
28.7 mi	English Farms Montezuma, IA	Wind	172 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
32.8 mi	Brooklyn Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
32.8 mi	Laurel Wind Farm Laurel, IA	Wind	123 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.1 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.2 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.5 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
33.7 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
33.7 mi	Brooklyn City North Plant Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
35.1 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
36.6 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
37.6 mi	Ottumwa City Of Ottumwa, IA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Ottumwa City Of
37.6 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
38.5 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.1 mi	Diamond Trail Wind Farm Ladora, IA	Wind	253 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.3 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.9 mi	State Center State Center, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of State Center - (Ia)
43.9 mi	Marshalltown Generating Station Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	709 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
44.3 mi	Sutherland Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
44.3 mi	Marshalltown Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	189 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
44.8 mi	Alliant Sbd 9107 Jbs Usa Marshalltown, IA	Oil	11 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
45.7 mi	Centerville Centerville, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.4 mi	Ced Centerville Wind Centerville, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
48.9 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 38 power plants within 50 miles of Pella, Iowa (ZIP 50219), with a combined 3,981 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 38 nearby plants. The closest plant is Pella at 0.7 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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