Power Plants Near 50248 — Story City, IA

62 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50248 (Story City, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.1835, -93.5988 · County: Story

Wind 50%Natural Gas 44%Oil 3%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.2 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
1.7 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
9.5 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
10.5 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
10.8 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
10.9 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
11.0 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
11.8 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
11.9 mi	Garden Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Garden Wind Llc
12.2 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
12.2 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
12.3 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
12.4 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
12.5 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
12.8 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
13.6 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
13.8 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
14.4 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
14.4 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
15.1 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
15.6 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
17.6 mi	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc
20.9 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
22.7 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
24.6 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
24.7 mi	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc Alden, IA	Wind	3 MW	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc
25.1 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
25.1 mi	State Center State Center, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of State Center - (Ia)
26.4 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.5 mi	Beaver Creek Wind Ogden, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.1 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.2 mi	Franklin County Wind Farm Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	99 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
34.8 mi	Junction Hilltop Wind Farm Dana, IA	Wind	8 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
34.9 mi	Ivester Wind Farm Wellsburg, IA	Wind	91 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.0 mi	Rippey Wind Farm Grand Junction, IA	Wind	50 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
35.3 mi	Wellsburg Wind Project Wellsburg, IA	Wind	141 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.6 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.6 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.0 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
36.5 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
36.8 mi	Whispering Willow Wind Farm - East Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
37.0 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.0 mi	Alliant Sbd 9107 Jbs Usa Marshalltown, IA	Oil	11 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
38.5 mi	Marshalltown Generating Station Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	709 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
38.6 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
39.0 mi	Marshalltown Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	189 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
39.0 mi	Sutherland Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
39.5 mi	Hampton Substation Energy Storage Hampton, IA	Battery Storage	2 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
39.9 mi	Hardin Hilltop Wind Llc Jefferson, IA	Wind	15 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
40.0 mi	Laurel Wind Farm Laurel, IA	Wind	123 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.2 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
40.9 mi	Grand Junction Grand Junction, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Grand Junction - (Ia)
41.0 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.9 mi	Whispering Willow North Latimer, IA	Wind	201 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
42.2 mi	Vienna Wind Farm Marshalltown, IA	Wind	150 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.2 mi	Franklin County Solar Hampton, IA	Solar	7 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.2 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
42.3 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
43.4 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.5 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.0 mi	Grundy Center City Light Plant Grundy Center, IA	Oil	9 MW	Grundy Center Mun Light & Power
45.2 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 62 power plants within 50 miles of Story City, Iowa (ZIP 50248), with a combined 4,830 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 26 of the 62 nearby plants. The closest plant is Story City at 0.2 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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