Power Plants Near 50242 — Searsboro, IA

46 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50242 (Searsboro, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.5656, -92.6987 · County: Poweshiek

Natural Gas 44%Wind 33%Coal 18%Oil 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.9 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
9.2 mi	Montezuma Montezuma, IA	Oil	10 MW	City Of Montezuma - (Ia)
11.6 mi	North English Montezuma, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
12.3 mi	Venus Wind 3 Llc Grinnell, IA	Wind	3 MW	Venus Wind 3 Llc
12.7 mi	Grinnell Customer Hosted Solar Grinnell, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
13.2 mi	Grinnell Grinnell, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
13.5 mi	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Solar	4 MW	Azimuth 180 Solar Electric, Llc
15.1 mi	English Farms Montezuma, IA	Wind	172 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
16.1 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
16.4 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
17.1 mi	Brooklyn Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
18.0 mi	Brooklyn City North Plant Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
19.9 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
25.1 mi	Laurel Wind Farm Laurel, IA	Wind	123 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.5 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.5 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.6 mi	Diamond Trail Wind Farm Ladora, IA	Wind	253 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.6 mi	Cargill Corn Milling Division Eddyville, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Cargill Inc North America Sweetners
33.3 mi	Ottumwa Ottumwa, IA	Coal	726 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
34.0 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
34.2 mi	Marshalltown Generating Station Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	709 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
34.3 mi	Sutherland Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
34.3 mi	Marshalltown Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	189 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
35.4 mi	Alliant Sbd 9107 Jbs Usa Marshalltown, IA	Oil	11 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
36.6 mi	Alliant Sbd 8601 Quad Graphics Marengo, IA	Oil	4 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
39.3 mi	State Center State Center, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of State Center - (Ia)
40.7 mi	Ottumwa City Of Ottumwa, IA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Ottumwa City Of
41.2 mi	Vienna Wind Farm Marshalltown, IA	Wind	150 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.7 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.9 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.0 mi	Winding Stair Wind Dysart, IA	Wind	—	Winding Stair Wind
43.2 mi	Traer Wind Project Traer, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
44.2 mi	Traer East Tracer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
44.4 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
44.5 mi	Amana Society Service Company Middle Amana, IA	Oil	22 MW	Amana Society Service Co
44.8 mi	Traer South Traer, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
45.0 mi	Traer Main Traer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
45.4 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
46.0 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
47.0 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
47.5 mi	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc
47.6 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.2 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.4 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
49.7 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
49.7 mi	Farmers Electric Cooperative - Kalona Kalona, IA	Oil	6 MW	Farmers Electric Coop - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 46 power plants within 50 miles of Searsboro, Iowa (ZIP 50242), with a combined 4,158 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 16 of the 46 nearby plants. The closest plant is Prairie Wind Farm at 8.9 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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