Power Plants Near 50241 — Saint Marys, IA

50 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50241 (Saint Marys, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.3084, -93.7369 · County: Warren

Wind 51%Natural Gas 40%Oil 5%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.7 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
14.4 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
20.2 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
20.3 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
20.4 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
20.4 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
20.5 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
21.9 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
23.2 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
25.3 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.0 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.2 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
28.3 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
29.4 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.0 mi	Stuart (Ia) Stuart, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
33.2 mi	Wind Gem Stuart, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wind Gem, Llc
33.2 mi	Gilliam South Stuart, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
34.4 mi	Creston Solar (50 Mw) Creston, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
34.5 mi	Summit Lake Creston, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
35.1 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.1 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.1 mi	Orient Wind Farm Orient, IA	Wind	501 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.7 mi	Cumberland Rose Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, Llc
36.9 mi	Creston School Customer Hosted Solar Creston, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
37.0 mi	Bulldog Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Bulldog Wind Energy, Llc
37.2 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc
37.2 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc
37.3 mi	North Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
37.6 mi	Downtown Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
37.6 mi	Greenfield Light Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	—	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
38.9 mi	Greenfield Wind Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Greenfield Wind Power, Llc
38.9 mi	Sky Volt Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Sky Volt, Llc
39.5 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
40.0 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
40.3 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.9 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
42.0 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
42.2 mi	Panora Panora, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Panora - (Ia)
43.1 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
43.3 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc
44.6 mi	Morning Light Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	111 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.3 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
46.5 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.9 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
48.4 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
48.5 mi	Lamoni Municipal Utilities Lamoni, IA	Oil	11 MW	City Of Lamoni - (Ia)
48.8 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.4 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.5 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
49.9 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University

Power generation near this area

There are 50 power plants within 50 miles of Saint Marys, Iowa (ZIP 50241), with a combined 3,030 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 18 of the 50 nearby plants. The closest plant is Indianola at 9.7 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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