Power Plants Near 50225 — Pleasantville, IA

48 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50225 (Pleasantville, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.3738, -93.2712 · County: Marion

Natural Gas 39%Wind 30%Coal 23%Oil 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.6 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
11.6 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
15.1 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
15.2 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
16.1 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
17.5 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
18.2 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
18.3 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
18.6 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
20.3 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
22.3 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
23.4 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.6 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
23.7 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
29.4 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.7 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.3 mi	Cargill Corn Milling Division Eddyville, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Cargill Inc North America Sweetners
37.6 mi	Grinnell Customer Hosted Solar Grinnell, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
37.6 mi	Grinnell Grinnell, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
38.5 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
39.0 mi	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Solar	4 MW	Azimuth 180 Solar Electric, Llc
39.3 mi	Laurel Wind Farm Laurel, IA	Wind	123 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.5 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
40.1 mi	Venus Wind 3 Llc Grinnell, IA	Wind	3 MW	Venus Wind 3 Llc
41.4 mi	Montezuma Montezuma, IA	Oil	10 MW	City Of Montezuma - (Ia)
41.8 mi	Ottumwa Ottumwa, IA	Coal	726 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
44.1 mi	North English Montezuma, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.7 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.8 mi	State Center State Center, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of State Center - (Ia)
45.6 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
45.8 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
46.0 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
46.0 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
46.2 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
46.3 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
46.3 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.3 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
46.7 mi	English Farms Montezuma, IA	Wind	172 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.9 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.0 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
47.3 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
47.9 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
48.0 mi	Centerville Centerville, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.3 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
49.0 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
49.1 mi	Brooklyn Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
49.1 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
49.9 mi	Brooklyn City North Plant Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 48 power plants within 50 miles of Pleasantville, Iowa (ZIP 50225), with a combined 3,212 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 48 nearby plants. The closest plant is Knoxville Industrial at 11.6 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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