Power Plants Near 50227 — Popejoy, IA

69 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50227 (Popejoy, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.5974, -93.4279 · County: Franklin

Wind 54%Natural Gas 37%Oil 7%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.7 mi	Franklin County Wind Farm Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	99 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
7.5 mi	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc Alden, IA	Wind	3 MW	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc
10.9 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
11.5 mi	Whispering Willow Wind Farm - East Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
11.7 mi	Hampton Substation Energy Storage Hampton, IA	Battery Storage	2 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
12.3 mi	Whispering Willow North Latimer, IA	Wind	201 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
14.1 mi	Franklin County Solar Hampton, IA	Solar	7 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
18.9 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
21.6 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
22.1 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
25.9 mi	Garden Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Garden Wind Llc
27.5 mi	Wellsburg Wind Project Wellsburg, IA	Wind	141 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.3 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
29.8 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
30.6 mi	Ivester Wind Farm Wellsburg, IA	Wind	91 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.2 mi	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc Garner, IA	Wind	42 MW	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc
32.1 mi	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm Union, IA	Wind	42 MW	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm
33.1 mi	Hancock County Wind Energy Center Garner, IA	Wind	98 MW	Fpl Energy Hancock County Wind, Llc
34.4 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.0 mi	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc
35.0 mi	Emery Station Clear Lake, IA	Natural Gas	603 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
35.0 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
37.1 mi	Grundy Center City Light Plant Grundy Center, IA	Oil	9 MW	Grundy Center Mun Light & Power
38.9 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
39.3 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
39.6 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
39.6 mi	Rockford Rockford, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Rockford- (Ia)
40.2 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
40.2 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
40.2 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
40.2 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
40.4 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
40.6 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
40.6 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
40.8 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
41.1 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
41.1 mi	Ced Mason City Wind Mason City, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
41.1 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
41.9 mi	Dike City Power Plant Dike, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dike
42.0 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.2 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
42.3 mi	State Center State Center, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of State Center - (Ia)
42.9 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
44.3 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
44.8 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
44.9 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
45.0 mi	Vienna Wind Farm Marshalltown, IA	Wind	150 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.0 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
46.2 mi	Alliant Sbd 9107 Jbs Usa Marshalltown, IA	Oil	11 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
46.4 mi	Lime Creek Mason City, IA	Oil	90 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.1 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
47.1 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
47.2 mi	Forest City Light Plant Forest City, IA	Oil	22 MW	City Of Forest City- (Ia)
47.6 mi	Marshalltown Generating Station Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	709 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.8 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
47.8 mi	Marshalltown Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	189 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.8 mi	Sutherland Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.0 mi	Forest City Solar Forest City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
48.1 mi	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc Hanlontown, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc
48.8 mi	Gas Turbine (Ia) Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	43 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
48.9 mi	Merl Parr Charles City, IA	Natural Gas	36 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.9 mi	Roeder Family Wind Farm Llc Manly, IA	Wind	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
49.0 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
49.5 mi	Waverly Municipal Electric North Plant Waverly, IA	Oil	25 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
49.5 mi	South Plant (Ia) Waverly, IA	Oil	12 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
49.5 mi	Waverly Community Wind Project Waverly, IA	Wind	3 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
49.5 mi	Charles City Wind Farm Charles City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.6 mi	University Of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	University Of Northern Iowa
50.0 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 69 power plants within 50 miles of Popejoy, Iowa (ZIP 50227), with a combined 4,722 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 31 of the 69 nearby plants. The closest plant is Franklin County Wind Farm at 4.7 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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