Power Plants Near 50222 — Peru, IA

53 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50222 (Peru, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.2145, -93.9437 · County: Madison

Wind 63%Natural Gas 31%Oil 3%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.3 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
9.2 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
21.1 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
21.9 mi	Creston Solar (50 Mw) Creston, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
22.1 mi	Summit Lake Creston, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
22.1 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
24.0 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.4 mi	Creston School Customer Hosted Solar Creston, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
24.6 mi	Orient Wind Farm Orient, IA	Wind	501 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.5 mi	Cumberland Rose Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, Llc
25.8 mi	Bulldog Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Bulldog Wind Energy, Llc
27.1 mi	Wind Gem Stuart, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wind Gem, Llc
27.5 mi	North Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
27.5 mi	Downtown Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
27.5 mi	Greenfield Light Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	—	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
27.8 mi	Gilliam South Stuart, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
27.8 mi	Stuart (Ia) Stuart, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
28.1 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.6 mi	Greenfield Wind Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Greenfield Wind Power, Llc
28.6 mi	Sky Volt Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Sky Volt, Llc
28.7 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc
28.8 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc
30.9 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.9 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
32.0 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.1 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.8 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
33.6 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc
33.9 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
34.2 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
34.5 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.0 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
36.7 mi	Morning Light Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	111 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.5 mi	Lenox Lenox, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lenox - (Ia)
39.8 mi	Panora Panora, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Panora - (Ia)
40.1 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.4 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
40.9 mi	Lamoni Municipal Utilities Lamoni, IA	Oil	11 MW	City Of Lamoni - (Ia)
41.5 mi	Birch Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Birch Power Llc
41.6 mi	August Wind Farm Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	August Wind Energy, Llc
43.0 mi	Adams Wind Lenox, IA	Wind	154 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.2 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.4 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
43.5 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
44.1 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
44.4 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
45.0 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.5 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
46.4 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.4 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.6 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
48.9 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
49.9 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1

Power generation near this area

There are 53 power plants within 50 miles of Peru, Iowa (ZIP 50222), with a combined 3,773 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 24 of the 53 nearby plants. The closest plant is Macksburg Wind Project at 8.3 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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