Power Plants Near 50240 — Saint Charles, IA

54 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50240 (Saint Charles, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.2924, -93.8242 · County: Madison

Wind 60%Natural Gas 31%Oil 4%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.3 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
14.3 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
15.6 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.1 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.8 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.8 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
24.0 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.0 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.9 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
25.7 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.1 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
27.3 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.4 mi	Wind Gem Stuart, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wind Gem, Llc
29.4 mi	Stuart (Ia) Stuart, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
29.6 mi	Gilliam South Stuart, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
29.9 mi	Summit Lake Creston, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
29.9 mi	Creston Solar (50 Mw) Creston, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
31.2 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
31.4 mi	Orient Wind Farm Orient, IA	Wind	501 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.0 mi	Cumberland Rose Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, Llc
32.2 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
32.3 mi	Bulldog Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Bulldog Wind Energy, Llc
32.4 mi	Creston School Customer Hosted Solar Creston, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
32.8 mi	North Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
32.9 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc
32.9 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc
33.0 mi	Downtown Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
33.0 mi	Greenfield Light Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	—	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
34.3 mi	Greenfield Wind Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Greenfield Wind Power, Llc
34.3 mi	Sky Volt Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Sky Volt, Llc
35.7 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.8 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc
39.5 mi	Panora Panora, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Panora - (Ia)
39.6 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.6 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.5 mi	Morning Light Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	111 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.0 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
42.0 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
42.3 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
44.1 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
44.5 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.7 mi	Lamoni Municipal Utilities Lamoni, IA	Oil	11 MW	City Of Lamoni - (Ia)
46.7 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
47.7 mi	Lenox Lenox, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lenox - (Ia)
47.8 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
47.8 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
48.1 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.2 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.5 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
48.6 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
49.6 mi	Birch Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Birch Power Llc
49.8 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.8 mi	August Wind Farm Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	August Wind Energy, Llc
50.0 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 54 power plants within 50 miles of Saint Charles, Iowa (ZIP 50240), with a combined 3,693 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 23 of the 54 nearby plants. The closest plant is Winterset at 10.3 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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