Power Plants Near 50247 — State Center, IA

75 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50247 (State Center, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.0109, -93.1673 · County: Marshall

Natural Gas 48%Wind 45%Oil 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.4 mi	State Center State Center, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of State Center - (Ia)
8.4 mi	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc
13.6 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
14.1 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
14.2 mi	Alliant Sbd 9107 Jbs Usa Marshalltown, IA	Oil	11 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
14.9 mi	Laurel Wind Farm Laurel, IA	Wind	123 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
15.3 mi	Marshalltown Generating Station Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	709 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
16.0 mi	Sutherland Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
16.0 mi	Marshalltown Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	189 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
17.8 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
17.8 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
17.9 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
18.0 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
18.2 mi	Garden Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Garden Wind Llc
18.3 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
21.0 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
21.3 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
21.4 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
22.5 mi	Vienna Wind Farm Marshalltown, IA	Wind	150 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.7 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
23.1 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
24.3 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
25.0 mi	Ivester Wind Farm Wellsburg, IA	Wind	91 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.1 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
25.2 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
25.3 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
26.0 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
27.5 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
27.9 mi	Grinnell Grinnell, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
28.2 mi	Wellsburg Wind Project Wellsburg, IA	Wind	141 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.6 mi	Grinnell Customer Hosted Solar Grinnell, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
28.8 mi	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Solar	4 MW	Azimuth 180 Solar Electric, Llc
30.1 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
31.5 mi	Venus Wind 3 Llc Grinnell, IA	Wind	3 MW	Venus Wind 3 Llc
31.6 mi	Grundy Center City Light Plant Grundy Center, IA	Oil	9 MW	Grundy Center Mun Light & Power
33.5 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
34.3 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
35.2 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.2 mi	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc Alden, IA	Wind	3 MW	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc
35.3 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
35.6 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.3 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
36.3 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.5 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.2 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.7 mi	Traer South Traer, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
37.8 mi	Traer East Tracer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
38.2 mi	Traer Main Traer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
38.6 mi	Traer Wind Project Traer, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
39.0 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
41.7 mi	Dike City Power Plant Dike, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dike
41.9 mi	Brooklyn Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
41.9 mi	Brooklyn City North Plant Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
41.9 mi	Winding Stair Wind Dysart, IA	Wind	—	Winding Stair Wind
42.1 mi	Franklin County Wind Farm Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	99 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
42.8 mi	North English Montezuma, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.9 mi	Whispering Willow Wind Farm - East Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
43.1 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
44.3 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
44.3 mi	Montezuma Montezuma, IA	Oil	10 MW	City Of Montezuma - (Ia)
45.1 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
45.2 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.3 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
45.9 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
46.3 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.8 mi	Hampton Substation Energy Storage Hampton, IA	Battery Storage	2 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
48.3 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.3 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.4 mi	Electrifarm Waterloo, IA	Natural Gas	264 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.7 mi	Cedar Falls Solar Farm Cedar Falls, IA	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
49.1 mi	Franklin County Solar Hampton, IA	Solar	7 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.3 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
49.4 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
49.5 mi	Gas Turbine (Ia) Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	43 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
49.6 mi	English Farms Montezuma, IA	Wind	172 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co

Power generation near this area

There are 75 power plants within 50 miles of State Center, Iowa (ZIP 50247), with a combined 5,013 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 26 of the 75 nearby plants. The closest plant is State Center at 0.4 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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