Power Plants Near 50238 — Russell, IA

23 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50238 (Russell, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.9456, -93.1784 · County: Lucas

Natural Gas 41%Coal 37%Wind 9%Oil 8%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.1 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
21.0 mi	Centerville Centerville, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
23.7 mi	Ced Centerville Wind Centerville, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
26.3 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.3 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.8 mi	Cargill Corn Milling Division Eddyville, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Cargill Inc North America Sweetners
31.1 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
33.6 mi	Unionville City Of Unionville, MO	Oil	9 MW	City Of Unionville - (Mo)
34.1 mi	Ottumwa Ottumwa, IA	Coal	726 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
34.1 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
34.5 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
34.6 mi	Unionville Unionville, MO	Oil	53 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
34.9 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
40.1 mi	Ottumwa City Of Ottumwa, IA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Ottumwa City Of
40.4 mi	Bloomfield Municipal Utilities Solar Bloomfield, IA	Solar	2 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
42.0 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.8 mi	Bloomfield Bloomfield, IA	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Bloomfield - (Ia)
45.4 mi	Lamoni Municipal Utilities Lamoni, IA	Oil	11 MW	City Of Lamoni - (Ia)
45.9 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.9 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.1 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
47.6 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
49.8 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy

Power generation near this area

There are 23 power plants within 50 miles of Russell, Iowa (ZIP 50238), with a combined 1,943 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 23 nearby plants. The closest plant is Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar at 10.1 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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