Power Plants Near 50228 — Prairie City, IA

57 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50228 (Prairie City, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.5854, -93.2410 · County: Jasper

Natural Gas 48%Wind 29%Coal 16%Oil 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.0 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
14.8 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
15.0 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
16.4 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
17.4 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
18.0 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
19.6 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
19.8 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
20.1 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
20.8 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
20.8 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
21.3 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
22.8 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
23.3 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.0 mi	Laurel Wind Farm Laurel, IA	Wind	123 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.9 mi	Grinnell Grinnell, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
28.1 mi	Grinnell Customer Hosted Solar Grinnell, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
28.4 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
29.5 mi	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Solar	4 MW	Azimuth 180 Solar Electric, Llc
29.6 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.1 mi	State Center State Center, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of State Center - (Ia)
31.3 mi	Venus Wind 3 Llc Grinnell, IA	Wind	3 MW	Venus Wind 3 Llc
32.1 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
32.1 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
32.6 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
32.9 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
33.0 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
33.1 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
33.1 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
34.2 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
34.6 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
34.8 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
35.2 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
35.8 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
35.9 mi	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc
36.0 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
36.3 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
36.8 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
36.9 mi	Marshalltown Generating Station Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	709 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
37.0 mi	Alliant Sbd 9107 Jbs Usa Marshalltown, IA	Oil	11 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
37.1 mi	Montezuma Montezuma, IA	Oil	10 MW	City Of Montezuma - (Ia)
37.5 mi	Sutherland Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
37.5 mi	Marshalltown Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	189 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
38.3 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
38.5 mi	North English Montezuma, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.1 mi	Brooklyn Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
42.7 mi	Brooklyn City North Plant Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
43.1 mi	English Farms Montezuma, IA	Wind	172 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
43.5 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
43.6 mi	Cargill Corn Milling Division Eddyville, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Cargill Inc North America Sweetners
44.7 mi	Garden Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Garden Wind Llc
45.4 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
45.8 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.3 mi	Vienna Wind Farm Marshalltown, IA	Wind	150 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.8 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
48.7 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.1 mi	Ottumwa Ottumwa, IA	Coal	726 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co

Power generation near this area

There are 57 power plants within 50 miles of Prairie City, Iowa (ZIP 50228), with a combined 4,470 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 17 of the 57 nearby plants. The closest plant is Metro Methane Recovery Facility at 6.0 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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