Power Plants Near 50234 — Rhodes, IA

68 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50234 (Rhodes, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.9177, -93.1796 · County: Marshall

Natural Gas 47%Wind 46%Oil 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.9 mi	State Center State Center, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of State Center - (Ia)
12.9 mi	Laurel Wind Farm Laurel, IA	Wind	123 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
13.7 mi	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc
15.0 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
15.4 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
17.4 mi	Alliant Sbd 9107 Jbs Usa Marshalltown, IA	Oil	11 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
18.0 mi	Marshalltown Generating Station Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	709 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
18.5 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
18.6 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
18.6 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
18.6 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
18.7 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
18.7 mi	Sutherland Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
18.7 mi	Marshalltown Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	189 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
21.4 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
22.1 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
22.4 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
22.9 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
23.2 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
23.3 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
23.4 mi	Garden Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Garden Wind Llc
23.8 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
24.8 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
24.9 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
24.9 mi	Grinnell Grinnell, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
25.5 mi	Grinnell Customer Hosted Solar Grinnell, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
26.0 mi	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Solar	4 MW	Azimuth 180 Solar Electric, Llc
26.6 mi	Vienna Wind Farm Marshalltown, IA	Wind	150 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.1 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
28.5 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
28.8 mi	Venus Wind 3 Llc Grinnell, IA	Wind	3 MW	Venus Wind 3 Llc
29.1 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
29.4 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
29.9 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
30.6 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.7 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.8 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
30.8 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.1 mi	Ivester Wind Farm Wellsburg, IA	Wind	91 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.0 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.5 mi	Wellsburg Wind Project Wellsburg, IA	Wind	141 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.2 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
37.2 mi	Grundy Center City Light Plant Grundy Center, IA	Oil	9 MW	Grundy Center Mun Light & Power
37.2 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
37.6 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
38.4 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
39.2 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
39.9 mi	North English Montezuma, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.9 mi	Brooklyn Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
40.1 mi	Brooklyn City North Plant Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
40.8 mi	Traer South Traer, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
40.9 mi	Montezuma Montezuma, IA	Oil	10 MW	City Of Montezuma - (Ia)
40.9 mi	Traer East Tracer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
41.2 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
41.2 mi	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc Alden, IA	Wind	3 MW	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc
41.3 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.4 mi	Traer Main Traer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
41.4 mi	Traer Wind Project Traer, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
42.0 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.0 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.4 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
44.3 mi	Winding Stair Wind Dysart, IA	Wind	—	Winding Stair Wind
45.3 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
46.5 mi	English Farms Montezuma, IA	Wind	172 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.1 mi	Dike City Power Plant Dike, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dike
48.3 mi	Franklin County Wind Farm Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	99 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.7 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.3 mi	Whispering Willow Wind Farm - East Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co

Power generation near this area

There are 68 power plants within 50 miles of Rhodes, Iowa (ZIP 50234), with a combined 4,472 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 25 of the 68 nearby plants. The closest plant is State Center at 6.9 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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